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Jeremiah 35:17

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Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

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This verse in Jeremiah 35

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theodoret of Cyrus

ON JEREMIAH 7:35.6-7 · Written before 458.

The God of all commands the prophet to tell all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "These people refuse to drink wine because they keep the commandment of their father, but you do not conduct yourselves according to my laws, although you receive the teachings of the …

This site's exposition

Again and again I have sent

on Jeremiah 35:15-17

“Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets” widens the charge from Jeremiah's own ministry to the whole prophetic line. Verse 17 gives the reason for the coming disaster in the LORD's words: “because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed.”

This site's exposition

all the disaster I have pronounced against them

The chapter moves from evidence to sentence. Adam Clarke reads the Rechabites' conduct as the proof that convicted Judah of ingratitude, with the sentence following. The disaster is the one already pronounced, and the last clause gives the ground: God spoke and called, and Judah neither obeyed nor answered.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Mercy is here promised to the family of the Rechabites for their steady and unanimous adherence to the laws of their house. Though it was only for the shaming of Israel that their constancy was tried, yet, being unshaken, it was found unto praise, and honour, and glory; and God takes occasion from it to tell them that he had favours in reserve for them (

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Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil - Having, by the conduct of the Rechabites, clearly and fully convicted them of ingratitude and rebellion, he now proceeds to pronounce sentence against them.

The words behind it

31 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָ֠כֵן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֨רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • צְבָאוֹת֙hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הִנְנִ֧יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • מֵבִ֣יא[am] about to bring

    mevi'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְאֶ֤לand to

    veelH413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • אֵ֚ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָ֣רָעָ֔הthe calamity

    haraahH7451 →662 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבַּ֖רְתִּיI spoke

    dibartiH1696 →1141 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֑םon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • יַ֣עַןbecause

    yaanH3282 →99 times

  • דִּבַּ֤רְתִּיI spoke

    dibartiH1696 →1141 times

  • אֲלֵיהֶם֙to them

    ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׁמֵ֔עוּthey listened

    shameuH8085 →1159 times

  • וָאֶקְרָ֥אand I called

    vaekra'H7121 →733 times

  • לָהֶ֖םto <the> them

    lahem

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • עָנֽוּ׃they answered

    ʾanuH6030 →331 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”7 worksRomans 10:21But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”5 worksIsaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”5 worksJeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,5 worksLuke 13:34–35O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!4 worksProverbs 16:2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 23:15–16But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.3 worksJeremiah 26:5and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,3 worksJeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”3 worksJeremiah 21:4–10this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.3 worksMicah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.3 worksIsaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.3 worksProverbs 13:13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.3 worksProverbs 1:24–31Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,3 worksJeremiah 7:26–27Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.3 worksJeremiah 32:33They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.3 worksJeremiah 36:31I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”3 worksDeuteronomy 31:20–21When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 10:21

    But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 65:2–5

      All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

  • Through

    Isaiah 66:4

    So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 65:12

      I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 21:2

      And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 7:13

    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but…

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 1:24

      Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 36:15–16

      Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 7:25

      From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

    • Zechariah 7:13

      And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

  • Through

    Isaiah 65:12

    I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 7:13

      And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 7:35.6-7.

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