Jeremiah 25:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַל־תֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְעָבְדָ֖ם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תַכְעִ֤יסוּ אוֹתִי֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָרַ֖ע לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And not tēlĕkû after ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm to ʿābĕdām and to hištaḥăwōt to them, and not takʿîsû me in maʿăśēh of your yĕdêkem, and not ʾāraʿ to you.

Grammar Details

*tēlĕkû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd plural - go/walk
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine, plural - gods
*ʾăḥērîm*: adjective, masculine, plural - other/strange
*ʿābĕdām*: verb, qal infinitive construct + 3rd plural suffix - to serve them
*hištaḥăwōt*: verb, hishtaphel infinitive construct - to bow down/worship
*takʿîsû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd plural - provoke to anger
*maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine, singular construct - work/deed
*yĕdêkem*: noun, feminine, dual construct + 2nd plural suffix - your hands
*ʾāraʿ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - do harm/evil

Word Meanings

*tēlĕkû*: go/walk/follow
*ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/deities
*ʿābĕdām*: to serve them/worship them
*hištaḥăwōt*: to bow down/prostrate/worship
*takʿîsû*: provoke to anger/vex/irritate
*maʿăśēh*: work/deed/action
*ʾāraʿ*: do harm/bring evil/hurt

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Referenced Verses

Deut 8:19 : 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
2 Kgs 17:35 : 35 With whom the LORD 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:
Jer 7:6 : 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Deut 6:14 : 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
Jer 35:15 : 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Jer 7:9 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Exod 20:3 : 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exod 20:23 : 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Deut 13:2 : 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Deut 28:14 : 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Josh 24:20 : 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
1 Kgs 11:4-9 : 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
1 Kgs 14:22 : 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

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