Jeremiah 32:30
in Jeremiah 32For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.
KJV
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 30) For the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel continually (or alone) did evil in my sight from their youth. The Hebrew word 'Ach' (), Aquila interpreted as 'plēn', which signifies a conjunction, however. The first edition of Symmachus, as well as the Seventy, and Theodotion, interpreted it as 'diolon'. We now follow the latter, so that we may say 'continually'. Let us therefore say first according to the Hebrew, the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah continuously doing evil.
This site's exposition
Then the word of the LORD
on Jeremiah 32:26-35
The LORD answers with His question, “Is anything too difficult for Me?” The indictment names the places “of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom,” built to “make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech.” This is the valley the closing verses of chapter 31 declare consecrated.
This site's exposition
from their youth
Barnes links from their youth to verse 20. Israel's sin began in Egypt, where God's mighty deeds for them began. Clarke reads the work of their hands as the idols they made, and Israel in this verse as the ten northern tribes.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), witness their murmurings and rebellions in the wilderness." And as for Jerusalem, though it was the holy city, it has been a provocation to the holy God from the day that they built it, even to this day,
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For the children of Israel and the children of Judah,....
At the same time he must assure them that, though the destruction was total, it should not be final, but that at length their posterity should recover the peaceable possession of their own land,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil - They have all been transgressors from their earliest history. For the children of Israel - The ten tribes. Have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands - They have been sinners beyond all others, being excessive idolaters. Their hands have formed the objects of their worship.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָי֨וּ | hayu | they have been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אַ֣ךְ | ʾakh | only | H389 → | 161 times |
| עֹשִׂ֥ים | ʾosim | doing | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הָרַ֛ע | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינַ֖י | beeinai | in view my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| מִנְּעֻרֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם | mineuroteihem | since youth<s> their | H5271 → | 47 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אַ֣ךְ | ʾakh | only | H389 → | 161 times |
| מַכְעִסִ֥ים | makhisim | [are] provoking to anger | H3707 → | 54 times |
| אֹתִ֛י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה | bemaaseh | by [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| יְדֵיהֶ֖ם | yedeihem | hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הָי֨וּthey have been
hayuH1961 →3559 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אַ֣ךְonly
ʾakhH389 →161 times
עֹשִׂ֥יםdoing
ʾosimH6213 →2628 times
הָרַ֛עthe evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינַ֖יin view my
beeinaiH5869 →887 times
מִנְּעֻרֹֽתֵיהֶ֑םsince youth<s> their
mineuroteihemH5271 →47 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אַ֣ךְonly
ʾakhH389 →161 times
מַכְעִסִ֥ים[are] provoking to anger
makhisimH3707 →54 times
אֹתִ֛י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הby [the] work of
bemaasehH4639 →236 times
יְדֵיהֶ֖םhands their
yedeihemH3027 →1618 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
Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Genesis 6:5
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
Through
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
it leads to
- Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Psalms 78:56
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
- Psalms 78:40
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Acts 7:51
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.