Jeremiah 37:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ע ה֥וּא וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא׃

Transliteration

And not šāmaʿ he and-ʿăḇādāyw and-ʿam the-ʾāreṣ to-diḇrê YHWH which dibber by-yad Yirməyāhû the-nāḇîʾ.

Grammar Details

• *šāmaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - heard/listened/obeyed
• *ʿăḇādāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *ʿam*: masculine singular construct - people of
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land
• *diḇrê*: masculine plural construct - words of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *dibber*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - spoke/said
• *yad*: feminine singular construct - hand of/by means of
• *Yirməyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
• *nāḇîʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the prophet

Word Meanings

• *šāmaʿ*: listened/heard/obeyed/heeded
• *ʿam* *ʾāreṣ*: people of the land/common people/inhabitants

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.
• 2 Kgs 24:19-20 : 19 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done. 20 And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:12-16 : 12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord. 13 And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel. 14 And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem. 15 And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place; 16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
• Prov 26:6 : 6 He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
• Ezek 21:25 : 25 And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
• Hos 12:10 : 10 But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
• 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
• Exod 4:13 : 13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.
• Lev 8:36 : 36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things about which the Lord had given orders through Moses.
• 2 Sam 10:2 : 2 And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
• 1 Kgs 14:18 : 18 And all Israel put his body to rest, weeping over him, as the Lord had said by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
• 1 Kgs 16:7 : 7 And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.