A Call to Repentance

The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what (A)backsliding Israel has done? She has (B)gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

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Unfaithful Israel

During the reign of King Josiah,(A) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(B) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(C) and has committed adultery(D) there.

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24 (A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (B)followed[a] the counsels and the [b]dictates of their evil hearts, and (C)went[c] backward and not forward.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
  2. Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
  3. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were

24 But they did not listen(A) or pay attention;(B) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(C) They went backward(D) and not forward.

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Why has this people (A)slidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
(B)They hold fast to deceit,
(C)They refuse to return.

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Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(A)
    they refuse to return.(B)

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11 “But they refused to heed, (A)shrugged[a] their shoulders, and (B)stopped[b] their ears so that they could not hear.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C)

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