Jeremiah 25:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁלַח֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֧יו הַנְּבִאִ֛ים הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־הִטִּיתֶ֥ם אֶֽת־אָזְנְכֶ֖ם לִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃

Transliteration

And šālaḥ YHWH unto you ʾet all ʿăbādāyw the nĕbîʾîm haškēm and šālōaḥ and not šĕmaʿtem, and not hiṭṭîtem ʾet your ʾoznĕkem lišmōaʿ.

Grammar Details

• *šālaḥ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd singular, masculine - sent
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿăbādāyw*: noun, masculine, plural construct + 3rd singular suffix - his servants
• *nĕbîʾîm*: noun, masculine, plural - prophets
• *haškēm*: verb, hiphil infinitive absolute - rising early
• *šālōaḥ*: verb, qal infinitive absolute - sending
• *šĕmaʿtem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd plural - you heard/listened
• *hiṭṭîtem*: verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd plural - you inclined/turned
• *ʾoznĕkem*: noun, feminine, dual construct + 2nd plural suffix - your ears
• *lišmōaʿ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to hear

Word Meanings

• *šālaḥ*: sent/dispatched
• *haškēm*: rising early/persistently
• *šĕmaʿtem*: heard/listened/obeyed
• *hiṭṭîtem*: inclined/turned/paid attention

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jehovah{H3068} hath sent{H7971} unto you all his servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} rising up early{H7925} and sending{H7971} them, (but ye have not hearkened,{H8085} nor inclined{H5186} your ear{H241} to hear,){H8085}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the LORD{H3068} hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} unto you all his servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}, rising early{H7925}{(H8687)} and sending{H7971}{(H8800)} them; but ye have not hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)}, nor inclined{H5186}{(H8689)} your ear{H241} to hear{H8085}{(H8800)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Though the LORDE hath sent his seruauntes, all the prophetes vnto you in season: Yet wolde ye not obeye, ye wolde not encline yor eares to heare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lord hath sent vnto you all his seruantes the Prophets, rising early & sending them, but yee would not heare, nor encline your eares to obey.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Though the Lord hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season, yet would ye not obay, ye would not encline your eares to heare.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear),

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear)

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Over and over again the LORD has sent his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 25:3 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day—these twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you repeatedly, but you have not listened.
• Jer 26:5 : 5 ...and listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have persistently sent to you (though you have not listened),
• Jer 29:19 : 19 I will do this because they have not listened to my words—this is the LORD's declaration—that I sent to them again and again through my servants the prophets. And you also have not listened—this is the LORD's declaration.
• Jer 32:33 : 33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them persistently, they refused to listen or accept correction.
• Jer 35:14-15 : 14 The words of Jonadab, son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, have been upheld to this day. They have obeyed their ancestor's command. But I have spoken to you persistently, and you have not listened to Me. 15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.
• Jer 36:31 : 31 I will punish him, his descendants, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the people of Judah, all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have not listened to me.
• Jer 44:4-5 : 4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.' 5 But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness and to stop burning incense to other gods.
• Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
• 2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them repeatedly through His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
• Jer 7:24-26 : 24 But they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, they walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts. They went backward, not forward. 25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again. 26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.
• Jer 11:7-9 : 7 For I earnestly warned your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until this very day, persistently saying: Listen to my voice. 8 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, each one followed the stubbornness of their own evil heart. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to obey but they did not. 9 Then the LORD said to me, ‘A conspiracy has been found among the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.’ 10 They have turned back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors.
• Jer 13:10-11 : 10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts, and who follow other gods to serve and worship them, will become like this waistband—useless for anything. 11 For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people, my renown, my praise, and my glory. But they would not listen.'
• Jer 16:12 : 12 And you have behaved even more wickedly than your ancestors, each one following the stubbornness of their own evil heart instead of listening to Me.
• Jer 17:23 : 23 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear. They stiffened their necks and would not listen or take correction.
• Jer 18:12 : 12 But they will say, ‘It’s no use. We will continue to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart.’
• Jer 19:15 : 15 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring upon this city and all its surrounding towns all the disaster I pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks and refused to listen to My words.
• Jer 22:21 : 21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, 'I will not listen.' This has been your way since your youth; you have not obeyed me.
• Jer 25:7 : 7 But you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, and you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.