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22 For I did not (A)speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this is [a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘(B)Listen to My voice, and (C)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in the entire way which I command you, that it may (D)be well with you.’ 24 Yet they (E)did not listen or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart and [b](F)went backward and not forward.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:23 Lit the word which
  2. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit they were

22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(A) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(B) 23 but I gave them this command:(C) Obey(D) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(E) Walk in obedience to all(F) I command you, that it may go well(G) with you. 24 But they did not listen(H) or pay attention;(I) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(J) They went backward(K) and not forward.

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