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Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

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2 Chron. 29:6‑10• ⁶For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
⁷Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
⁸Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
⁹For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
¹⁰Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with Jehovah God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. (2 Chron. 29:6‑10)

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2 Chron. 30:7• ⁷And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren which trespassed against Jehovah God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation as ye see. (2 Chron. 30:7)

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2 Chron. 34:21• ²¹Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do after all that is written in this book. (2 Chron. 34:21)

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Ezra 9:7• ⁷Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. (Ezra 9:7)

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Neh. 9:16• ¹⁶{i}But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,{/i} (Neh. 9:16)

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Psa. 78:8• ⁸And might not be as their fathers,{HR}A stubborn and rebellious generation,{HR}A generation that set (prepared) not their hearts,{HR}And whose spirit was not steadfast with God (El). (Psa. 78:8)

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Psa. 106:6‑7• ⁶We have sinned with our fathers,{HR}We have been perverse,{HR}We have done wickedly.
⁷Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders;{HR}They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies,{HR}But rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea. (Psa. 106:6‑7)

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Ezek. 18:14‑17• ¹⁴Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
¹⁵that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
¹⁶neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
¹⁷that hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. (Ezek. 18:14‑17)

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1 Peter 1:18• ¹⁸knowing that not by corruptibles, silver or gold, ye were redeemed, from your vain course ancestrally handed down, (1 Peter 1:18)

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Zech. 7:11‑13• ¹¹{i}But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.{/i}
¹²{i}And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.{/i}
¹³{i}And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;{/i} (Zech. 7:11‑13)

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2 Chron. 24:19‑22• ¹⁹{i}And he sent prophets among them to bring them again to Jehovah, and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.{/i}
²⁰{i}And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.{/i}
²¹And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones, at the commandment of the king {i}in the court of the house of Jehovah.{/i}
²²Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died he said, Jehovah look upon it and require it. (2 Chron. 24:19‑22)

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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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Neh. 9:26,30• ²⁶{i}But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.{/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. 9:26,30)

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Isa. 30:9‑11• ⁹For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of Jehovah;
¹⁰that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
¹¹get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us! (Isa. 30:9‑11)

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Jer. 6:16‑17• ¹⁶{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein .{/i}
¹⁷{i}Also I have set watchmen over you: —Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.{/i} (Jer. 6:16‑17)

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Jer. 13:16‑18• ¹⁶Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
¹⁷But if ye will not hear it my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is carried away captive.
¹⁸Say unto the king and unto the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. (Jer. 13:16‑18)

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Jer. 17:19‑23• ¹⁹{i}Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;{/i}
²⁰{i}and say unto them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates;{/i}
²¹{i}thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the gates of Jerusalem;{/i}
²²{i}and carry forth no burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, neither do any work; but hallow ye the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers,{/i}
²³{i}but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.{/i} (Jer. 17:19‑23)

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Jer. 25:3‑7• ³From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the twenty-third year, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
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:
⁶and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
⁷Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. (Jer. 25:3‑7)

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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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Jer. 36:2,3‑10• ²Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
³It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
⁴Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
⁵And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah: therefore go thou,
⁶and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people in Jehovah's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
⁷It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.
⁸And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house.
⁹And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah to all the people in Jerusalem and to all the people that came back from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
¹⁰Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Jehovah's house, in the ears of all the people. (Jer. 36:2,3‑10)

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Jer. 44:4‑5• 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.
⁵But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. (Jer. 44:4‑5)

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Ezek. 3:7‑9• ⁷{i}But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.{/i}
⁸{i}Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.{/i}
⁹{i}As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house.{/i} (Ezek. 3:7‑9)

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Mic. 2:6• ⁶Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. (Mic. 2:6)

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Acts 7:51‑52• ⁵¹Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye.
⁵²Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers, (Acts 7:51‑52)

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1 Thess. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and [are] contrary to all men,
¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins alway; but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. (1 Thess. 2:15‑16)

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Zech. 1:3• 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} (Zech. 1:3)

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Isa. 1:16‑19• 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: (Isa. 1:16‑19)

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Isa. 31:6• ⁶Turn ye unto [him from] whom, O children of Israel, ye have deeply revolted. (Isa. 31:6)

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Jer. 3:12• ¹²{i}Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say{/i}, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever. (Jer. 3:12)

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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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Ezek. 18:30‑32• ³⁰Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
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?
³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. (Ezek. 18:30‑32)

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Ezek. 33:11• ¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel? (Ezek. 33:11)

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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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Amos 5:13‑15,24• ¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you as ye have spoken.
¹⁵Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah the God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
²⁴But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. (Amos 5:13‑15,24)

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Matt. 3:8‑10• ⁸{i}Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.{/i}
⁹{i}And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.{/i} (Matt. 3:8‑10)

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Acts 3:19• ¹⁹Repent therefore, and be converted for the blotting out of your sins, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, (Acts 3:19)

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Acts 26:20• ²⁰but reported both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:20)

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Jer. 11:6‑8• ⁶Then Jehovah said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
⁷For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
⁸Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. (Jer. 11:6‑8)

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Jer. 13:9‑10• ⁹Thus saith Jehovah, after this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
¹⁰This evil people which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. (Jer. 13:9‑10)

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Jer. 26:5• 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; (Jer. 26:5)

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Jer. 36:23‑24• ²³And it came to pass that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
²⁴Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. (Jer. 36:23‑24)

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Jer. 44:16• ¹⁶As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. (Jer. 44:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 they did not hearken nor attend unto me, saith Jehovah.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

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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.)