Jeremiah 7:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אִֽם־אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַ֠זֶּה צִוִּ֨יתִי אוֹתָ֤ם לֵאמֹר֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ בְקוֹלִ֔י וְהָיִ֤יתִי לָכֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

But kî ʾim-ʾet-haddābār hazzeh ṣiwwîtî ʾôtām lēʾmōr šimʿû bəqôlî wəhāyîtî lākem lēʾlōhîm wəʾattem tihyû-lî ləʿām wahalaktem bəkol-hadderek ʾăšer ʾăṣawweh ʾetkem ləmaʿan yîṭab lākem.

Grammar Details

• *kî ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - but rather
• *ʾet-haddābār*: direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - this word/thing
• *hazzeh*: masculine singular demonstrative adjective - this
• *ṣiwwîtî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I commanded
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *šimʿû*: qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear/obey
• *bəqôlî*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - to my voice
• *wəhāyîtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular with vav consecutive - and I will be
• *lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you
• *lēʾlōhîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - as God
• *wəʾattem*: conjunction + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - and you
• *tihyû-lî*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - you will be to me
• *ləʿām*: preposition + masculine singular noun - as a people
• *wahalaktem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and you shall walk
• *bəkol-hadderek*: preposition + noun + definite article + masculine singular noun - in all the way
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ʾăṣawweh*: piel imperfect 1st person singular - I command
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
• *ləmaʿan*: preposition + conjunction - so that/in order that
• *yîṭab*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be good

Word Meanings

• *dābār*: word/thing/matter
• *ṣiwwîtî*: I commanded/I ordered/I instructed
• *šimʿû*: listen/hear/obey
• *qôl*: voice/sound/noise
• *derekh*: way/road/path/journey
• *ʾăṣawweh*: I command/I instruct/I order
• *yîṭab*: it will be good/it will go well/it will prosper

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:26 : 26 and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.
• Deut 5:33 : 33 Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
• Deut 6:3 : 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Jer 42:6 : 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.
• Jer 11:4 : 4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;
• Jer 11:7 : 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Lev 26:3-9 : 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
• Deut 4:10 : 10 the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
• Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
• Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
• Deut 11:27 : 27 the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day;
• Deut 13:4 : 4 You shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
• Deut 30:2 : 2 and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
• Deut 30:8 : 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
• Deut 30:20 : 20 to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;