23Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.


In Context

20 Say to them, 'Hear the word of the Lord , O kings of Judah and all people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem who come through these gates.

21 This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.

22 Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers.

23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.

24 But if you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord , and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it,

25 then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

Jeremiah 17:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:23But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:23But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:23But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:23But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:23But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.