Jeremiah 29:19
in Jeremiah 29I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
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ASV
because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.
KJV
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
this is what the LORD of
on Jeremiah 29:17-19
Those left in Jerusalem face “sword and famine and plague,” made “like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,” the image in chapter 24. The letter leans on that vision, where the exiles are the good figs and those left under Zedekiah the bad.
This site's exposition
again and again through My servants the prophets
The charge against Jerusalem is an old one. The last line turns to the exiles and finds the same deafness in them. Adam Clarke reads the passage as a warning to the exiles, who still hold a promise of release that Jerusalem lacks.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 14 and following) And I will restore your captivity, and gather you from all the nations and from all the places to which I have driven you, declares the Lord. And I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile. For you have said, 'The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.' Thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your fellow countrymen who did not go with you into exile.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He prophesies the destruction of two of their false prophets that they had in Babylon, that both soothed them up in their sins and set them bad examples (
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): Because they have not hearkened to my words. I called, but they refused. He foretells the judgment of God upon the false prophets in Babylon, who deceived the people of God there.
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Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord,....
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תַּ֛חַת | tachat | because | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמְע֥וּ | shameu | they listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דְּבָרַ֖י | devarai | words my | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | [those] whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלַ֨חְתִּי | shalachti | I sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲבָדַ֤י | ʾavadai | servants my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַנְּבִאִים֙ | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם | hashkem | rising early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| וְשָׁלֹ֔חַ | veshaloach | and sending | H7971 → | 845 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם | shema'tem | you listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
תַּ֛חַתbecause
tachatH8478 →505 times
אֲשֶֽׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמְע֥וּthey listened
shameuH8085 →1159 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דְּבָרַ֖יwords my
devaraiH1697 →1440 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁר֩[those] whom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁלַ֨חְתִּיI sent
shalachtiH7971 →845 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֜םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲבָדַ֤יservants my
ʾavadaiH5650 →799 times
הַנְּבִאִים֙the prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
הַשְׁכֵּ֣םrising early
hashkemH7925 →65 times
וְשָׁלֹ֔חַand sending
veshaloachH7971 →845 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םyou listened
shema'temH8085 →1159 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Jeremiah 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…
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Jeremiah 7:25
Through
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Jeremiah 8:9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Isaiah 1:2
Through
Jeremiah 34:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares…
it leads to
- Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Matthew 7:2
Through
Jeremiah 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,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 11:7
For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
- Jeremiah 11:7
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
