Jeremiah 7:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם זֶ֤ה הַגּוֹי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֽוֹא־שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א לָקְח֖וּ מוּסָ֑ר אָֽבְדָה֙ הָֽאֱמוּנָ֔ה וְנִכְרְתָ֖ה מִפִּיהֶֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

And-ʾāmartā ʾălêhem zeh haggôy ʾăšer lōʾ-šāməʿû bəqôl YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw wəlōʾ lāqəḥû mûsār ʾābədāh hāʾĕmûnāh wənikrətāh mippîhem.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmartā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular with vav consecutive - and you shall say
• *ʾălêhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *zeh*: masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
• *haggôy*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the nation
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *lōʾ-šāməʿû*: negative particle + qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - did not listen
• *bəqôl*: preposition + masculine singular construct - to voice of
• *YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God
• *wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *lāqəḥû*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they received/took
• *mûsār*: masculine singular noun - discipline/correction/instruction
• *ʾābədāh*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has perished
• *hāʾĕmûnāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the faithfulness/truth
• *wənikrətāh*: niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with vav consecutive - and is cut off
• *mippîhem*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - from their mouth

Word Meanings

• *gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
• *šāməʿû*: listened/heard/obeyed
• *lāqəḥû*: they received/they took/they accepted
• *mûsār*: discipline/correction/instruction
• *ʾābədāh*: has perished/has been destroyed/has been lost
• *ʾĕmûnāh*: faithfulness/truthfulness/steadfastness
• *nikrətāh*: is cut off/is removed/is separated

Referenced Verses

• Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Jer 6:8 : 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
• Jer 6:29-30 : 29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
• Jer 9:3-8 : 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
• Jer 32:33 : 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
• Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Mic 7:2-5 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
• Zeph 3:2 : 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
• Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Isa 1:4-5 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8804)} instruction, and castest{H8686)} my words behind thee.
• Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.