Jeremiah 7:26 (GNV)

Passage

Yet would they not heare me nor encline their eare, but hardened their necke and did worse then their fathers.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:24 But they would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.

Jeremiah 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came vp out of the lande of Egypt, vnto this day, I haue euen sent vnto you al my seruants the Prophets, rising vp earely euery day, and sending them.

Jeremiah 7:26 Yet would they not heare me nor encline their eare, but hardened their necke and did worse then their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:27 Therefore shalt thou speake al these words vnto them, but they will not heare thee: thou shalt also crie vnto them, but they will not answere thee.

Jeremiah 7:28 But thou shalt say vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heare", "encline", "hardened", "necke", "worse", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heare" and "encline", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Since the day that your fathers came..." into verse 27's "Therefore shalt thou speake al these words...", so "heare" and "encline" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heare" and "encline" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.