rsv Jeremiah:7:22-28 SEEK
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For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices .
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But this command I gave them , `
Obey my voice ,
and I will be your God ,
and you shall be my people ;
and walk in all the way that I command you ,
that it may be well with you .'
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But they did not obey or incline their ear ,
but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts ,
and went backward and not forward .
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From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day ,
I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them ,
day after day ;
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yet they did not listen to me ,
or incline their ear ,
but stiffened their neck .
They did worse than their fathers .
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So you shall speak all these words to them ,
but they will not listen to you .
You shall call to them ,
but they will not answer you .
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And you shall say to them , `
This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God ,
and did not accept discipline ;
truth has perished ;
it is cut off from their lips .