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Jeremiah 44:4–5

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Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
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From verse 4

  1. Jeremiah 26:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

  2. Jeremiah 7:13Rank 2 from verse 4
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    13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

  3. Jeremiah 7:25Rank 3 from verse 4
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    25Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

  4. 2 Chronicles 36:15Rank 4 from verse 4
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    15And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

  5. Ezekiel 16:47Rank 5 from verse 4
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    47Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

From verse 5

  1. Jeremiah 11:10Rank 1 from verse 5
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    10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

  2. Jeremiah 19:13Rank 2 from verse 5
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    13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

  3. 2 Chronicles 36:16Rank 3 from verse 5
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    16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  4. Isaiah 48:18Rank 4 from verse 5
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    18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  5. Isaiah 48:4Rank 5 from verse 5
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    4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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Jeremiah 44:4

COMBINED MEANING

howbeit

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Nevertheless; yet; however; introducing a contrast, exception, or qualification.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rising

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of rise: getting up, ascending, appearing, increasing, beginning, proceeding to act, attaining authority, or returning from the dead. Sense 2: A raised or swollen area, especially in the skin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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Jeremiah 44:5

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hearkened

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1. Listened attentively or gave heed. 2. Gave regard, consented, or acted in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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inclined

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Bent or turned toward something; disposed or moved in will, heart, attention, or direction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

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burn

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Sense 1: To consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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incense

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An aromatic substance or compounded preparation burned in worship or as an offering, producing fragrant smoke.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

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5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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6Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

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