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Jeremiah 29:19 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 29 · verse 19
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 29:19 · King James Version
Jeremiah 29:19 in context
17Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
19Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
20Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hearkenedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- earlyshâkamliterally, to load upH7925 →
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Jeremiah, having given great encouragement to those among the captives whom he knew to be serious and well-affected, assuring them that God had very kind and favourable intentions concerning them, here turns to those among them who slighted the counsels and comforts that Jeremiah ministered to them and depended upon…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23