Jeremiah 37:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

📖 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 hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
• 2 Kgs 24:19-20 : 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:12-16 : 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Prov 26:6 : 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
• Ezek 21:25 : 25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
• Hos 12:10 : 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
• 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
• Exod 4:13 : 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
• Lev 8:36 : 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
• 2 Sam 10:2 : 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 14:18 : 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
• 1 Kgs 16:7 : 7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.