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Jeremiah 7:26

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 7:26 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah 7:26 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
23but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
26yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
27And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
28And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
29Cut off thy hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Yet they hearkened not unto me, etc.] Speaking by the prophets: nor inclined their ear; to what was said to them; would not listen to it, and much less obey what was commanded them: but hardened their neck; and so became stiffnecked, and would not submit to bear the yoke of the law: they did worse than their fathers; every generation grew more and more wicked, and went on to be so until the measure of their iniquity was filled up; hence it follows:”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“hardened . . . neck-- (Deu 31:27; Isa 48:4; Act 7:51). worse than their fathers-- (Jer 16:12). In Jer 7:22 He had said, "your fathers"; here He says, "their fathers"; the change to the third person marks growing alienation from them. He no longer addresses themselves, as it would be a waste of words in the case of such hardened rebels.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they hearkened: Jer 7:24, Jer 6:17, Jer 11:8, Jer 17:23, Jer 25:3, Jer 25:7, Jer 26:5, Jer 29:19, Jer 34:14, Jer 44:16; Ch2 33:10; Neh 9:16; Dan 9:6 but: Jer 19:15; Kg2 17:14; Ch2 30:8; Neh 9:17, Neh 9:29; Pro 29:1; Isa 48:4; Act 7:51; Rom 2:5 they did: Jer 16:12; Mat 21:38, Mat 23:32 Jeremiah 7:27”
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