Jeremiah
Jeremiah 22:21
21I warned you when you were secure.
You said, ‘I will not listen.’
This has been your way from youth,
that you have not obeyed My voice.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I warned | דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי | dib·bar·tî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H1696 speak |
| you | אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ’ê·la·yiḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H413 motion to |
| when you were secure | בְּשַׁלְוֺתַ֔יִךְ | bə·šal·wō·ṯa·yiḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H7962 quietness, ease |
| You said | אָמַ֖רְתְּ | ’ā·mart | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| listen | אֶשְׁמָ֑ע | ’eš·mā‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H8085 hear |
| This | זֶ֤ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| has been your way | דַרְכֵּךְ֙ | ḏar·kêḵ | Noun - common singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| from youth | מִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְ | min·nə·‘ū·ra·yiḵ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H5271 youth, juvenility, young |
| that | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you have not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| obeyed | שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ | šā·ma·‘at | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H8085 hear |
| My voice | בְּקוֹלִֽי׃ | bə·qō·w·lî | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H6963 sound, voice |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 32:30 · Jeremiah 3:25 · Jeremiah 7:22–28 · Isaiah 48:8 · Ezekiel 23:3–39 · Proverbs 30:9 · Jeremiah 35:15 · Jeremiah 6:16 · Ezekiel 20:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.