Jeremiah 9:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם וְאַחֲרֵי֙ הַבְּעָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִמְּד֖וּם אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

wayyēlĕkû after šĕrîrût libbām and-after habbĕ'ālîm 'ăšer limdûm 'ăbôtām

Grammar Details

*wayyēlĕkû*: waw consecutive + imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural - and they walked
*šĕrîrût*: feminine noun, construct state - stubbornness of
*libbām*: masculine noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*habbĕ'ālîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the Baals
*'ăšer*: relative particle - which
*limdûm*: perfect verb, 3rd person common plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they taught them
*'ăbôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers

Word Meanings

*wayyēlĕkû*: and they walked/went/followed
*šĕrîrût*: stubbornness/hardness/imagination
*libbām*: their heart/mind/inner self
*habbĕ'ālîm*: the Baals/false gods/idols
*limdûm*: they taught them/instructed them/trained them
*'ăbôtām*: their fathers/ancestors/forefathers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 7:19 : 19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Jer 22:9 : 9 Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Zeph 3:1-6 : 1 Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 6 I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
Deut 31:16-17 : 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
Ezra 9:10 : 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,
Ps 89:30-32 : 30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; 31 If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
Ps 119:53 : 53 Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Prov 28:4 : 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

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