It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
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It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 18:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 3:22-23 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you. It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
- Hebrews 2:3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,
- Hebrews 12:25-26 See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
- Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
- Hebrews 3:7 Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain By executing punishment upon him.
By executing punishment upon him.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. I will punish him severely for it, as…
i.e. I will punish him severely for it, as this phrase is taken, Gen 9:5; 42:22. The sad effect of this threatening the Jews have felt for above sixteen hundred years together.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the prophet which shall presume to speak in…
But the prophet which shall presume to speak in my name,.... Pretending a mission and commission from God, and yet was never sent by him, like the prophets in Jer 23:21,
which I have not commanded him to speak; which though true was not to be spoken in a public manner, by assuming a public office, without a divine authority or a commission from God, and much less what was false, and never commanded to be spoken at all by any:
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or, that shall speak in the name of other gods; the idols of the people, as the Targum; as if any should affirm they were sent by Jove, or inspired by Apollo, as some are said to prophesy by Baal, as if they had received their orders and instructions from him, and were inspired by him, Jer 2:8.
even that prophet shall die; the Targum of Jonathan is, be killed by the sword, but the Jews (q) generally interpret it of strangling.
(q) Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 10. sect. 1. Bartenora in ib sect. 5. and Jarchi in loc.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I will require it - I will punish him…
I will require it - I will punish him severely for it. The sad effect of this threatning the Jews have felt for above sixteen hundred years together.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Revenger. St. Peter (Acts iii. 23,) reads, And it…
Revenger. St. Peter (Acts iii. 23,) reads, And it shall be that every soul which will not hear that prophet; (instead of Hebrew, "my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him,") or he shall be destroyed from among the people. (Tertullian, contra Mar. iv. 22.) (Haydock) --- God now chastises the faithless Jews. (Du Hamel)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he…
whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him--The direful consequences of unbelief in Christ, and disregard of His mission, the Jewish people have been experiencing during eighteen hundred years.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 19. Compare what our Lord says in Joh_12:48-49.
19. Compare what our Lord says in Joh_12:48-49.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. whosoever will not hearken … I will require…
19. whosoever will not hearken … I will require it of him] Cp. the confidence of Jer_26:12-15; Jer_29:8 f., Jer_29:18 ff. (the punishment exacted for not hearkening to God’s word), Jer_35:13 ff. LXX B omits my words; Sam. LXX most codd. his words. Require, darash, Jer_23:21 (22).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 19-22. To the Prophet who should thus speak…
Vers. 19-22. To the Prophet who should thus speak to the people all that God should command him, they were to pay the utmost deference, and to his words they were to render implicit obedience.
I will require it of him; I will judge him and punish his disobedience (cf. Gen_42:22; 2Sa_4:11; Psa_10:13, etc.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:19 Not to listen to the Lord’s spokesman is…
18:19 Not to listen to the Lord’s spokesman is not to listen to the Lord.
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