You Did Not Listen” — Jeremiah 43
Verse 1 — The Rejection
When the word was spoken plain and clear
They answered back with scorn and fear
“You lie,” they said, “This is not true
The Lord did not send this through you
Baruch’s hand has turned your tongue
To hand us over, one by one”
So pride dismissed what God had said
And fear took hold… and faith was dead
Chorus — You Did Not Listen
You did not listen to His voice
You asked for truth, then made your choice
The word was clear, the path was known
But fear decided where you’d go
When truth confronts the will to flee
Disobedience calls it “necessity”
Verse 2 — Back to Egypt
They gathered all who still remained
Men and women, young and aged
Daughters of kings, the scattered few
And Jeremiah went there too
They set their faces south once more
To Egypt’s land they trusted for
To Tahpanhes they made their way
Away from truth… away from stay
Chorus — Old Refuge, Old Chains
The place you fled to long ago
Is where the coming judgments go
The refuge you believe will save
Becomes the land that forms your grave
You ran from fear to find relief
But found again… the same old grief
Bridge — The Stones Set Down
Then came the word in Egypt’s sand
“Take these stones into your hand
Bury them deep where kings will tread
At Pharaoh’s gate, where pride is fed
Here a throne will one day rise
Set by the king you now despise
Nebuchadnezzar will stretch his reign
Over Egypt’s hope and gain”
Verse 3 — Fire in False Trust
He will strike the land you chose
Death for some, exile for those
The temples burned, the idols fall
No god will answer when they call
The shepherd wraps himself in cloth
And walks away — the land is lost
What you trusted will be gone
Just as the Lord has spoken on
Final Chorus — The Word Stands
You did not listen, yet He spoke
You would not bend beneath His yoke
Still every word will come to pass
Stone and sand will not outlast
The God who warned and waited still
Will finish what He said… He will
Outro — The Tragic March
They walked the road they’d sworn to shun
From promised land… back to the sun
The saddest fall is not by force
But choosing fear… and leaving course
