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Jeremiah 37:2

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KJV ORIGINAL

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

But neither the king, nor his officials, nor the people would actually listen to what God was saying through Jeremiah. They just weren't having it.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes people hear God's message loud and clear — they just choose not to listen.

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They went to the king in his courtyard, but first they stored the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe, and then they told the king everything that was written in it.

So all the government officials came to question Jeremiah, and he told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped interrogating him because they had no idea what had actually gone down between him and the king.

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