Jeremiah 44:5
World English Bible (WEB)
But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.
In context
3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, to serve other gods that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
5 But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.
6 Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is today.’
7 “Therefore now the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the middle of Judah, to leave yourselves no one remaining,
Jeremiah 44:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.
- KJV King James Version
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, to turn back from their wickedness, not to make perfume to other gods,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.