Jeremiah 17:23

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²³But they did not listen. They did not pay any attention to me. They were stubborn. They would not listen or pay attention when I corrected them.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.

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

They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.

Yet they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck so as to not hear, nor to receive discipline.

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

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