Jeremiah 5:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֔את עַ֥ם סָכָ֖ל וְאֵ֣ין לֵ֑ב עֵינַ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ אָזְנַ֥יִם לָהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃

Transliteration

Šim'û-nā' this, 'am sākāl and without lēb; 'ênayim to them and not they yir'û, 'āznayim to them and not they yišmā'û.

Grammar Details

*šim'û*: imperative, masculine plural - hear
*nā'*: particle - please (politeness marker)
*zō't*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*'am*: noun, masculine singular - people
*sākāl*: adjective, masculine singular - foolish
*wə*: conjunction - and
*'ên*: negative particle - there is not
*lēb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*'ênayim*: noun, dual - eyes
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*yir'û*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they see
*'āznayim*: noun, dual - ears
*yišmā'û*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they hear

Word Meanings

*'am sākāl*: foolish people/senseless nation
*'ên lēb*: without heart/without understanding/mindless
*yir'û*: they see/perceive/understand
*yišmā'û*: they hear/listen/obey

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
Acts 28:26 : 26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
Rom 11:8 : 8 according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.
John 12:40 : 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; {G2443} Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
Matt 13:13-15 : 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
Mark 8:18 : 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Isa 44:18 : 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer 5:4 : 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Hos 7:11 : 11 And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Deut 29:4 : 4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

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