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Jeremiah 22:21

World English Bible

I spoke to you in your prosperity;
but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
This has been your way from your youth,
that you didn’t obey my voice.

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Jeremiah 22:21 in other translations

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

Jeremiah 22:21 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 22:21 in context

  1. 19He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,
    drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
  2. 20“Go up to Lebanon, and cry.
    Lift up your voice in Bashan,
    and cry from Abarim;
    for all your lovers have been destroyed.
  3. 21I spoke to you in your prosperity;
    but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
    This has been your way from your youth,
    that you didn’t obey my voice.
  4. 22The wind will feed all your shepherds,
    and your lovers will go into captivity.
    Surely then you will be ashamed
    and confounded for all your wickedness.
  5. 23Inhabitant of Lebanon,
    who makes your nest in the cedars,
    how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you,
    the pain as of a woman in travail!