Jeremiah 32:33
in Jeremiah 32They 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
KJV
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThough I taught them, rising up early and teaching them - From the frequent reference to this, we may naturally conclude that morning preaching prevailed much in Judea.
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
turned their backs to Me
The people turned away, and the LORD kept teaching. Clarke took the early and repeated teaching as a sign that morning preaching was common in Judah. Matthew Henry compares them to children who walked away as they were called (Hosea 11).
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 33.) When I was teaching them early in the morning, and instructing them, and they were unwilling to listen, in order to receive discipline. When the darkness of errors and all worship of idols had been driven away, my opinion being refuted, I desired daily to illuminate their hearts and teach what is right. And in order to preserve their free will, he adds and says: And they were unwilling to listen in order to receive discipline. It follows:
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
As he called them, like froward children, so they went from him, Hos. xi. They have not hearkened to receive instruction; they regarded not a word that was said to them, though it was designed for their own good. (6.) There was in their idolatries an impious contempt of God; for (
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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 words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפְנ֥וּ | vaiyifnu | and they turned | H6437 → | 135 times |
| אֵלַ֛י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עֹ֖רֶף | ʾoref | a back | H6203 → | 33 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| פָנִ֑ים | fanim | a face | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְלַמֵּ֤ד | velamed | and I taught | H3925 → | 85 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם | hashkem | rising early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| וְלַמֵּ֔ד | velamed | and teaching | H3925 → | 85 times |
| וְאֵינָ֥ם | veeinam | and not they | H369 → | 789 times |
| שֹׁמְעִ֖ים | shomeim | [were] listening | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| לָקַ֥חַת | lakachat | to accept | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מוּסָֽר׃ | musar | correction | H4148 → | 50 times |
וַיִּפְנ֥וּand they turned
vaiyifnuH6437 →135 times
אֵלַ֛יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
עֹ֖רֶףa back
ʾorefH6203 →33 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
פָנִ֑יםa face
fanimH6440 →2123 times
וְלַמֵּ֤דand I taught
velamedH3925 →85 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
הַשְׁכֵּ֣םrising early
hashkemH7925 →65 times
וְלַמֵּ֔דand teaching
velamedH3925 →85 times
וְאֵינָ֥םand not they
veeinamH369 →789 times
שֹׁמְעִ֖ים[were] listening
shomeimH8085 →1159 times
לָקַ֥חַתto accept
lakachatH3947 →966 times
מוּסָֽר׃correction
musarH4148 →50 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
Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
- Deuteronomy 17:3
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
- Ezekiel 11:1
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
- Jeremiah 2:27
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble…
- Job 31:26–28
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
- Deuteronomy 4:19
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…
- Jeremiah 7:25
Through
Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble…
it leads to
- Isaiah 26:16
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Isaiah 26:16
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.