Jeremiah
Jeremiah 44:4–5
4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again,d saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
5But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
Footnotes
- d 44:4 Literally the prophets, rising up early and sending (them),
Word by word
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Jeremiah 44:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yet I sent | וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח | wā·’eš·laḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H7971 send |
| you | אֲלֵיכֶם֙ | ’ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| My servants | עֲבָדַ֣י | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| the prophets | הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים | han·nə·ḇî·’îm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| again and again | הַשְׁכֵּ֥ים | haš·kêm | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute | H7925 start, rise, early |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| do | תַעֲשׂ֗וּ | ṯa·‘ă·śū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| this | הַזֹּ֖את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| detestable | הַתֹּעֵבָ֥ה | hat·tō·‘ê·ḇāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8441 abomination |
| thing | דְּבַֽר־ | də·ḇar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I hate | שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃ | śā·nê·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H8130 hate |
Jeremiah 44:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But they did not | וְלֹ֤א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| listen | שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ | šā·mə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8085 hear |
| or incline | הִטּ֣וּ | hiṭ·ṭū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| their ears | אָזְנָ֔ם | ’ā·zə·nām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H241 ear |
| they did not | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| turn | לָשׁ֖וּב | lā·šūḇ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7725 turn back, return |
| from their wickedness | מֵרָֽעָתָ֑ם | mê·rā·‘ā·ṯām | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H7451 bad, evil |
| or stop | לְבִלְתִּ֥י | lə·ḇil·tî | Preposition-l | H1115 not, except |
| burning incense | קַטֵּ֖ר | qaṭ·ṭêr | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke |
| to other | אֲחֵרִֽים׃ | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| gods | לֵאלֹהִ֥ים | lê·lō·hîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 44:4 Jeremiah 26:5 · Jeremiah 7:13 · Jeremiah 7:25 · Zechariah 7:7 · Ezekiel 8:10 · Jeremiah 29:19 · Ezekiel 16:47 · 2 Chronicles 36:15 · Jeremiah 16:18
Jeremiah 44:5 Jeremiah 11:10 · Jeremiah 19:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.