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Jeremiah 5

Jer. 5:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, are not thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
o upon the truth
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
? thou hast stricken
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
them, but theyp have not grieved
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
; thou hast consumed
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
them, but they have refused
ma'en (Hebrew #3985)
to refuse
KJV usage: refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-ane'
Origin: a primitive root
r to receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
correction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
: they have made their faces
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
harder
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
than a rock
cela` (Hebrew #5553)
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV usage: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
Pronounce: seh'-lah
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
; they have refused
ma'en (Hebrew #3985)
to refuse
KJV usage: refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-ane'
Origin: a primitive root
to return
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
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2 Chron. 16:9• 9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars. (2 Chron. 16:9)
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Jer. 7:28• 28And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. (Jer. 7:28)
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Isa. 9:13• 13But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)
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Zeph. 3:1‑2• 1Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
 2She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God. (Zeph. 3:1‑2)
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Heb. 12:9• 9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? (Heb. 12:9)

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are not thine.
Jer. 32:19• 19great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: (Jer. 32:19)
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2 Chron. 16:9• 9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars. (2 Chron. 16:9)
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Psa. 11:4‑7• 4Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah,--his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.
 5Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
 6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
 7For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:4‑7)
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Psa. 51:6• 6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. (Psa. 51:6)
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Prov. 22:12• 12The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful. (Prov. 22:12)
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Rom. 2:2• 2But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those who do such things. (Rom. 2:2)
thou hast stricken.
Jer. 2:30• 30In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. (Jer. 2:30)
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Jer. 7:28• 28And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. (Jer. 7:28)
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2 Chron. 28:22• 22And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. (2 Chron. 28:22)
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Prov. 23:35• 35--"They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again." (Prov. 23:35)
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Prov. 27:22• 22If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. (Prov. 27:22)
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Isa. 1:5‑6• 5Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
 6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil. (Isa. 1:5‑6)
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Isa. 9:13• 13But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)
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Isa. 42:25• 25And he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he took it not to heart. (Isa. 42:25)
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Ezek. 24:13• 13In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee. (Ezek. 24:13)
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Zeph. 3:1‑2,7• 1Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
 2She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God.
 7I said, Only fear me, receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, howsoever I may punish her. But they rose early, they corrupted all their doings. (Zeph. 3:1‑2,7)
they have made.
Prov. 21:29• 29A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way. (Prov. 21:29)
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Isa. 48:4• 4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass, (Isa. 48:4)
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Ezek. 3:7‑9• 7But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.
 8Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
 9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house. (Ezek. 3:7‑9)
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Zech. 7:11‑12• 11But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
 12And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 7:11‑12)
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Rom. 2:4‑5• 4or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?
 5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, (Rom. 2:4‑5)
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Heb. 12:9• 9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? (Heb. 12:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sorea; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

JND Translation Notes

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As "writhing," Ps. 55.4, and cf. Prov. 23.35.