Jeremiah 17:23
King James Version (KJV)
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
World English Bible (WEB)
But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
Jeremiah 17:23 Cross References
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.