Jeremiah 7:24
And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מוֹעֵצָהmôwʻêtsâha purpose
- שְׁרִירוּתshᵉrîyrûwthobstinacy
- אָחוֹרʼâchôwrthe hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
- 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
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- יָלַךְyâlakto walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 81:11–12, Jer 7:26, Jer 8:5, Deu 29:19, Jer 32:33, Ezk 20:13, Jer 11:7–8, Jer 3:17