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jeremiah 7:26

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Jeremiah 7:26

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

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Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 7:26

Theological / Devotional

Hearkened. See on v. 24.

Hardened their neck. A figure expressing obstinacy (see on 2 Kings 17:14).

Worse than. The people of Jeremiah’s day sinned against greater light. They did not profit from the experiences of their forefathers. Furthermore the prophet’s countrymen had set up objects of idolatry within the very precincts of the Temple (see Jer. 7:30; cf. 2 Kings 21:7).

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