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Jeremiah 35:13

in Jeremiah 35

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.

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This verse in Jeremiah 35

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Jeremiah, accompanied by the main body of the Rechabites, went into one of the courts of the temple, and there addressed to the people the rebuke following.

This site's exposition

This is what the LORD of

on Jeremiah 35:13-14

The lesson becomes a question for Judah: “Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?” “The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out,” and his sons keep them “to this very day.” The LORD has spoken “again and again” to a people who have not obeyed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Will nothing fasten upon you? Will nothing prevail to discover sin and duty to you? You see how obedient the Rechabites are to their father's commandment (

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The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֞רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָאוֹת֙of hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הָלֹ֤ךְgo

    halokhH1980 →1546 times

  • וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • לְאִ֣ישׁto [the] man of

    leishH376 →1663 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבֵ֖יand to [the] inhabitants of

    uleyosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • הֲל֨וֹא¿ not

    halo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תִקְח֥וּwill you accept

    tikchuH3947 →966 times

  • מוּסָ֛רcorrection

    musarH4148 →50 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֥עַto listen

    lishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • דְּבָרַ֖יwords my

    devaraiH1697 →1440 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.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 32:33They 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.5 worksJeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.4 worksIsaiah 28:9–12Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?3 worksJeremiah 6:8–10Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”3 worksHebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?2 worksIsaiah 42:23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?2 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 32:8–9I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.2 worksJeremiah 9:12Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?2 worksProverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.2 worksProverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.2 worksHosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.2 worksJeremiah 25:2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:2 worksZephaniah 3:2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Hebrews 12:25

    See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if…

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 8:5

      The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…

    • Deuteronomy 30:17

      But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

    • Hebrews 2:1–3

      We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

    • Hebrews 11:7

      By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…

    • Proverbs 13:18

      Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 7:28

      Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from…

    • Jeremiah 2:30

      “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:33

    They 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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 7:13

      And 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…

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 35 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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