Jeremiah 26:4
in Jeremiah 26And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
KJV
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
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This verse in Jeremiah 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIf ye will not hearken - This and several of the following verses are nearly the same with those in Jer 7:13, etc., where see the notes.
This site's exposition
And you are to tell them
on Jeremiah 26:4-6
The condition is to “listen to Me and walk in My law”. The threat names a place: “I will make this house like Shiloh,” the sanctuary destroyed after Eli's sons. The city is to become “an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 4) And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you do not listen to me and walk in my law, which I have given you. Therefore, it is within our power to do or not to do: provided that whatever good work we desire, strive for, and accomplish, we attribute it to the grace of God, who has given us both the will and the ability to do (Phil. 2).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shalt say unto them,....
Can any other be expected? This was not the first time he had given them warning to this effect; see ch. vii. When the temple, which was the glory of Jerusalem, was destroyed, the city was thereby made a curse; for the temple was that which made it a blessing.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | veamarta | and you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כֹּ֖ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ | tishmeu | you will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ | lalekhet | to walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔י | betorati | in law my | H8451 → | 219 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֖תִּי | natati | I have set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | lifneikhem | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣and you will say
veamartaH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֔םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
כֹּ֖הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִשְׁמְעוּ֙you will listen
tishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙to walk
lalekhetH1980 →1546 times
בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔יin law my
betoratiH8451 →219 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֖תִּיI have set
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃<to> before you
lifneikhemH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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…
- Isaiah 58:14
then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of…
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- Isaiah 3:25
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
- Isaiah 65:12
Through
Jeremiah 44:10To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
it leads to
- Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 28:14
Through
1 Kings 9:6But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
- 2 Samuel 7:14–16
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.