Judges 6:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and I said unto you, I am Jehovah your God; ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָכֶ֗ם אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֤א תִֽירְאוּ֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּאַרְצָ֑ם וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wāʾōmərâ to you ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem not tîrəʾû ʾet-ʾĕlōhê hāʾĕmōrî ʾăšer you yôšəbîm in ʾarṣām and not šəmaʿtem in qôlî

Grammar Details

*wāʾōmərâ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 1st person singular - and I said
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
*tîrəʾû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall fear
*ʾet-ʾĕlōhê*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
*hāʾĕmōrî*: definite article + proper noun - the Amorites
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/whom
*yôšəbîm*: qal participle masculine plural - dwelling/sitting
*ʾarṣām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their land
*šəmaʿtem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you listened/heard
*qôlî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my voice

Word Meanings

*tîrəʾû*: fear/be afraid of/reverence
*yôšəbîm*: dwelling/residing/sitting/inhabiting
*šəmaʿtem*: listened/heard/obeyed
*qôlî*: my voice/my command/my word

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Referenced Verses

Jer 10:2 : 2 thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
Jer 42:21 : 21 and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he hath sent me unto you.
Jer 43:4 : 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jer 43:7 : 7 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.
Zeph 3:2 : 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.
Rom 10:16 : 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
Exod 20:2-3 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Judg 2:2 : 2 and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this?
2 Kgs 17:33 : 33 They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
2 Kgs 17:35-39 : 35 with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice: 37 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods: 38 and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods: 39 but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Prov 5:13 : 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Jer 3:13 : 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
Jer 3:25 : 25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
Jer 9:13 : 13 And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

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