Jeremiah 5:21 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

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ASV

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

WEB

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

YLT

Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

DBT

Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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Mark 8:18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Isaiah 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Mark 4:12
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

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6 ), and yet really they are a foolish people and without understanding. Note, We cannot judge of men by the advantages and opportunities they enjoy: there are those that sit in darkness in a land of light, that live in sin even in a holy land, that are bad in the best places.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And hear not - They are wilfully blind, and obstinately deaf, will neither see, nor hear the word, will, or works of God, of which he giveth two instances in the two following verses.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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JER 5:21JHN 12:40 ISA 6:10
JER 5:21JHN 12:40 MRK 4:12
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
JER 5:21ROM 11:8 DEU 29:4
JER 5:21ROM 11:8 ISA 29:10
JER 5:21JHN 12:40 LUK 8:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JER 5:21ROM 11:8 EZE 12:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JER 5:21ACT 28:26 ISA 6:9-10
JER 5:21JHN 12:40 MAT 13:13-15

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