Jeremiah 5:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ הָיָ֔ה לֵ֖ב סוֹרֵ֣ר וּמוֹרֶ֑ה סָ֖רוּ וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃

Transliteration

And to hā'ām hazzeh is hāyâ lēb sôrēr and môreh; they sārû and they wayyēlēkû.

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*lā*: preposition + article - to the
*'ām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*hazzeh*: article + demonstrative pronoun - this
*hāyâ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it was/became
*lēb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*sôrēr*: participle, masculine singular, qal - stubborn/rebellious
*môreh*: participle, masculine singular, qal - rebellious
*sārû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they turned aside
*wa*: conjunction - and
*yēlēkû*: imperfect, 3rd plural - they went/walked

Word Meanings

*lēb sôrēr*: stubborn heart/rebellious heart/defiant heart
*môreh*: rebellious/defiant/disobedient
*sārû wayyēlēkû*: they turned aside and went away/departed and left

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Referenced Verses

Jer 6:28 : 28 They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
Deut 21:18 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
Ps 95:10 : 10 Forty years long was I grieved with [that] generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Isa 31:6 : 6 Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
Jer 5:5 : 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Hos 4:8 : 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to [him that is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].
Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

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