Jeremiah 37:2

American Standard Version (1901)

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ע ה֥וּא וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא׃

Transliteration

And not šāmaʿ he and-ʿăḇādāyw and-ʿam the-ʾāreṣ to-diḇrê YHWH which dibber by-yad Yirməyāhû the-nāḇîʾ.

Grammar Details

• *šāmaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - heard/listened/obeyed
• *ʿăḇādāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *ʿam*: masculine singular construct - people of
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land
• *diḇrê*: masculine plural construct - words of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *dibber*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - spoke/said
• *yad*: feminine singular construct - hand of/by means of
• *Yirməyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
• *nāḇîʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the prophet

Word Meanings

• *šāmaʿ*: listened/heard/obeyed/heeded
• *ʿam* *ʾāreṣ*: people of the land/common people/inhabitants

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.
• 2 Kgs 24:19-20 : 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:12-16 : 12 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah. 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 15 And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place: 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Prov 26:6 : 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
• Ezek 21:25 : 25 And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
• Hos 12:10 : 10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
• 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
• Exod 4:13 : 13 And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
• Lev 8:36 : 36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses.
• 2 Sam 10:2 : 2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.
• 1 Kgs 14:18 : 18 And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
• 1 Kgs 16:7 : 7 And moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.