“As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.”
King James Version (KJV)
Chris's comment on 2021-09-01 20:09:12:
Hi Eric. Are you referring to Jeremiah chapter 44? If so, verse 16 speaks about the Jews living in Egypt refusing to listen to the words of Jeremiah, but would rather sacrifice to idols as their lives were better off (vv17,18). Maybe you missed the words "we will NOT hearken unto thee (Jeremiah)". They should have remembered how the Lord destroyed Jerusalem earlier because of their idolatry & their land became a curse (vv 20-22).
Eric Lopez's comment on 2021-09-01 16:02:58:
We are so stubborn. The jews reached out to Jeremiah to pray for them and will do as the Lord says then rejects the answer. As God said in this chapter, you will see I'm telling the truth and by then it will be too late. You will see evil and not good from God.
BSP's comment on 2013-10-08 11:39:31:
The strange thing in regards to this verse is that earlier in Chapter 42 the people asked Jeremiah to pray in their behalf for direction. When Jeremiah told the people what Jehovah's reply was, the people did not like the answer they received so they made up their mind to completely ignore Jeremiah and thus disobeyed Jehovah God. If the people had showed respect for the answer they had received, they could have been spared when Egypt was invaded. The lesson I learned from this verse is that even if we do not like what something says in God's Word, it was written in the Bible for a reason and we need to strive to obey those words.