Jeremiah 44:5
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.Jeremiah 44:5 in the real world
Where
In what words
- קָטַרqâṭarto smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- אַחֵרʼachêrproperly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
- אֹזֶןʼôzenbroadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- נָטָהnâṭâhto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 19:13, Jer 11:10, Zec 7:11–12, Isa 48:18, Isa 48:4, 2Ch 36:16, Jer 11:8, Jer 44:17–21