THEOSISJeremiah 44:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods.
וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ וְלֹא־הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֔ם לָשׁ֖וּב מֵרָֽעָתָ֑ם לְבִלְתִּ֥י קַטֵּ֖ר לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rev 2:21And I gave her a time that she might do penance: and she will not repent of her fornication.
- Rev 2:22Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from their deeds,
- Isa 48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,
- Jer 44:17But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.
- Jer 44:21Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, which the Lord hath remembered, and hath it not entered into his heart?
- Isa 48:4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
- Jer 7:24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,
- 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused the prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and there was no remedy.