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Jeremiah 7

Jer. 7:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Butb they hearkened
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
not, nor inclined
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
their ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
, but walked
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
in the counsels
mow`etsah (Hebrew #4156)
a purpose
KJV usage: counsel, device.
Pronounce: mo-ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
and in the ζimagination
shriyruwth (Hebrew #8307)
obstinacy
KJV usage: imagination, lust.
Pronounce: sher-ee-rooth'
Origin: from 8324 in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm
c of their evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and ηwent backward
'achowr (Hebrew #268)
from 299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
KJV usage: after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-)hind(-er part), time to come, without.
Pronounce: aw-khore'
Origin: or (shortened) achor {aw-khore'}
d, and not forward
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)
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Psa. 81:11‑12• 11And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me.
 12And I gave them up to the revolting of their heart,{HR}That they might walk in their own counsels. (Psa. 81:11‑12)
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Jer. 11:7‑8• 7For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
 8Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. (Jer. 11:7‑8)
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or, stubbornness.
η
were.
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Hos. 4:16• 16For Israel is refractory as an intractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (Hos. 4:16)

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Jer. 7:26• 26but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers. (Jer. 7:26)
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Jer. 11:7‑8• 7For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
 8Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. (Jer. 11:7‑8)
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Ex. 32:7‑8• 7Then Jehovah said to Moses, Away, go down! for thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, is acting corruptly.
 8They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt! (Ex. 32:7‑8)
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Neh. 9:16‑20• 16But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
 17and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.
 18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt! and they had wrought great provocation,
 19yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
 20Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. (Neh. 9:16‑20)
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Psa. 81:11‑12• 11And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me.
 12And I gave them up to the revolting of their heart,{HR}That they might walk in their own counsels. (Psa. 81:11‑12)
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Psa. 106:7‑48• 7Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders;{HR}They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies,{HR}But rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.
 8Yet he saved them for his name's sake,{HR}To make known his power.
 9And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;{HR}And he made them walk through the depths as the wilderness.
 10And he saved them from the hater's hand,{HR}And redeemed them from the enemy's hand.
 11And waters covered their adversaries;{HR}Not one of them was left.
 12Then (and) believed they his words,{HR}They sang his praise.
 13They hasted, they forgot his works,{HR}They waited not for his counsel;
 14And lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,{HR}And tempted God in the desert.
 15And he gave them their request,{HR}And sent leanness into their soul.
 16And they were envious of Moses in the camp,{HR}Of Aaron, saint of Jehovah.
 17Earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,{HR}And covered Abiram's company.
 18And a fire burned in their company,{HR}A flame consumed wicked ones.
 19They made a calf in Horeb{HR}And bowed down to a molten image;
 20And changed their glory{HR}For the likeness of an ox eating grass.
 21They forgot God their Saviour{HR}That did great things in Egypt,
 22Wondrous works in Ham's land,{HR}Terrible things at the Red Sea.
 23And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying.
 24And they despised the pleasant land,{HR}They believed not his word;
 25But they murmured in their tents;{HR}They did not hearken to Jehovah's voice.
 26And he lifted up his hand to them,{HR}To make them fall in the wilderness,
 27And to make their seed fall among the nations,{HR}And to scatter them in the lands.
 28And they joined themselves to Baal-Peor{HR}And ate sacrifices of dead (beings).
 29And they provoked him by their actions,{HR}And the plague broke out among them.
 30Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment,{HR}And the plague was stayed.
 31And it was reckoned to him for righteousness{HR}To generation and generation for evermore.
 32And they angered him at the waters of Meribah,{HR}And it went ill with Moses on their account,
 33For they provoked his spirit,{HR}And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
 34They destroyed not the peoples{HR}As (about which) Jehovah said to them;
 35But they mingled with the nations{HR}And learned their doings.
 36And they served their idols,{HR}Which became a snare unto them.
 37And they sacrificed their sons{HR}And their daughters to the demons;
 38And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood.
 39And they were defiled in their doings,{HR}And went a whoring in their actions.
 40And Jehovah's anger was kindled at his people,{HR}And he abhorred his inheritance.
 41And he gave them into nations' hand,{HR}And over them ruled their haters.
 42And their enemies oppressed them,{HR}And they were bowed down under their hand.
 43Many times he delivereth them,{HR}And they rebel in their counsel{HR}And were brought low by their iniquity.
 44But he regarded them in the distress{HR}When he heard them cry.
 45And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies;
 46And he gave them compassion{HR}Before all that took them captives.
 47Save us, Jehovah our God,{HR}And gather us from among the nations{HR}To give thanks unto thy holy name,{HR}To glory in thy praise.
 48Blessed [be] Jehovah God of Israel{HR}From the everlasting and unto the everlasting!{HR}And let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah . (Psa. 106:7‑48)
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Ezek. 20:8,13,16,21• 8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
 13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
 16because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
 21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my Sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. (Ezek. 20:8,13,16,21)
walked.
Jer. 23:17• 17They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you. (Jer. 23:17)
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Deut. 29:19• 19and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty. (Deut. 29:19)
imagination.
or, stubbornness.
Jer. 3:17• 17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. (Jer. 3:17)
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Jer. 3•  (Jer. 3)
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went.
Heb. were.
backward.
Jer. 7:26• 26but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers. (Jer. 7:26)
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Jer. 2:27• 27saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! (Jer. 2:27)
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Jer. 8:5• 5Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. (Jer. 8:5)
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Jer. 32:33• 33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. (Jer. 32:33)
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Neh. 9:29• 29And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. (Neh. 9:29)
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Hos. 4:16• 16For Israel is refractory as an intractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (Hos. 4:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

W. Kelly Translation

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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)