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2 Kings 17:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yet the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
testified
`uwd (Hebrew #5749)
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
KJV usage: admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.
Pronounce: ood
Origin: a primitive root
against Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and against Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
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yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
all the prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
, and by all the seers
chozeh (Hebrew #2374)
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
KJV usage: agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer.
Pronounce: kho-zeh'
Origin: active participle of 2372
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
c, Turn
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
ye from your evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, and keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
my commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
and my statutes
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
, according to all the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
which I commanded
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
your fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and which I sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
to you by
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
my servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
the prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
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by the hand of.
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Isa. 1:16‑17• 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes.
 17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa. 1:16‑17)
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Isa. 55:7• 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)
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Jer. 18:11• 11Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. (Jer. 18:11)
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Jer. 25:5• 5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers forever and ever: (Jer. 25:5)
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Jer. 35:15• 15I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me. (Jer. 35:15)
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Ezek. 18:31• 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel? (Ezek. 18:31)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9{i}[The] Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance{/i}. (2 Peter 3:9)

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Fathers,
Israel,
Judah,
Law,
Prophet,
Seer,
Servant

Cross References

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testified.
Deut. 8:19• 19{i}And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Jehovah thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall utterly perish.{/i} (Deut. 8:19)
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Deut. 31:21• 21{i}And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination which they are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn unto them.{/i} (Deut. 31:21)
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Neh. 9:29‑30• 29{i}And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.{/i}
 30{i}And many years didst thou forbear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; but they would not give ear: and thou gavest them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.{/i} (Neh. 9:29‑30)
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Psa. 50:7• 7Hear, my people, and I will speak;{HR}O Israel, and I will testify unto (against) thee:{HR}God, thy God [am] I. (Psa. 50:7)
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Psa. 81:8‑9• 8Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee,{HR}O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me.
 9There shall no strange god be in thee,{HR}Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. (Psa. 81:8‑9)
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Jer. 42:19• 19Jehovah hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. (Jer. 42:19)
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Acts 20:21• 21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 20:21)
and against.
2 Chron. 36:15‑16• 15{i}And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.{/i}
 16{i}But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.{/i} (2 Chron. 36:15‑16)
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Jer. 3:8‑11• 8{i}And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.{/i}
 9{i}And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.{/i}
 10{i}And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 11{i}And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shown herself more just than treacherous Judah.{/i} (Jer. 3:8‑11)
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Hos. 4:15• 15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, Jehovah liveth! (Hos. 4:15)
all.
Heb. the hand of all.
Deut. 4:26• 26{i}I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.{/i} (Deut. 4:26)
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Josh. 23:16• 16{i}when ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.{/i} (Josh. 23:16)
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Judg. 6:10• 10and I said unto you, I am Jehovah your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. (Judg. 6:10)
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Judg. 10:11‑14• 11{i}And Jehovah said to the children of Israel, Did I not save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?{/i}
 12{i}The Zidonians also, and Amalek and Maon oppressed you, and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.{/i}
 13{i}But ye have forsaken me, and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.{/i}
 14{i}Go and cry to the gods that ye have chosen: let them save you in the time of your trouble.{/i} (Judg. 10:11‑14)
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1 Sam. 12:7‑15• 7Now therefore stand still that I may reason with you {i}before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which he did to you and to your fathers.{/i}
 8{i}When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought your fathers forth out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.{/i}
 9{i}And they forgot Jehovah their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.{/i}
 10{i}And they cried to Jehovah and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.{/i}
 11{i}And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies round about, so that ye dwelt in safety.{/i}
 12{i}But when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.{/i}
 13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.
 14If ye will fear Jehovah, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following Jehovah your God:
 15but if ye will not obey the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then shall the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers. (1 Sam. 12:7‑15)
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Isa. 1:5‑15,21‑24• 5Why be smitten any more? Ye will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
 6From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is no soundness in it : wounds, and weals, and open sores — they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
 7Your country [is] desolate; your cities [are] burned with fire; your ground, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
 8And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a melon-field, as a besieged city.
 9Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have resembled Gomorrha.
 10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
 13Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies, — I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting.
 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].
 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
 21How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of judgment, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
 22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
 23Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
 24Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies. (Isa. 1:5‑15,21‑24)
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Jer. 5:29‑31• 29{i}Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?{/i}
 30{i}An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:{/i}
 31{i}the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?{/i} (Jer. 5:29‑31)
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Zech. 1:3‑6• 3{i}And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.{/i}
 4{i}Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but{/i} they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.
 5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?
 6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. (Zech. 1:3‑6)
seers.
1 Sam. 9:9• 9{i}(In former time in Israel, when a man went to ask counsel of God, he said, Come and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was in former time called a Seer.){/i} (1 Sam. 9:9)
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1 Chron. 29:29• 29{i}And the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer;{/i} (1 Chron. 29:29)
Turn ye.
Isa. 1:16‑20• 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes.
 17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
 20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 1:16‑20)
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Isa. 55:6‑7• 6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)
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Jer. 7:3‑7• 3Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
 4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, are these.
 5For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
 6if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
 7then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. (Jer. 7:3‑7)
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Jer. 18:11• 11Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. (Jer. 18:11)
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Jer. 25:4‑5• 4And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
 5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers forever and ever: (Jer. 25:4‑5)
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Jer. 35:15• 15I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me. (Jer. 35:15)
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Ezek. 18:31• 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel? (Ezek. 18:31)
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Hos. 14:1• 1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. (Hos. 14:1)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9{i}[The] Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance{/i}. (2 Peter 3:9)
keep.
Jer. 7:22‑23• 22{i}For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;{/i}
 23{i}but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.{/i} (Jer. 7:22‑23)
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Jer. 26:4‑6• 4Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
 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;
 6then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. (Jer. 26:4‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)