Jeremiah 7:13
in Jeremiah 7And 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 you would not answer,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
KJV
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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This verse in Jeremiah 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verse(Verse 13) And now because you have done all these works, says the Lord: and I spoke to you rising up early and speaking, and you did not hear: and I called you, and you did not answer. This, which we have set forth, is not found in the Septuagint when one rises in the morning and speaks.
This site's exposition
go now to the place in Shiloh
on Jeremiah 7:12-15
The command to “go now to the place in Shiloh” points to the tabernacle's first home, destroyed after Eli's sons and remembered in Psalm 78:60-64. The LORD draws the lesson, “what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name”.
This site's exposition
I have spoken to you again and again
Again and again renders a Hebrew phrase, rising early and speaking. Barnes calls it an expression for earnest speech used only by Jeremiah. Matthew Henry adds that every word God had spoken makes what the people had done heavier.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
God spoke, but they heard not, they heeded not, they never minded; he called them, but they answered not; they would not come at his call. Note, What God has spoken to us greatly aggravates what we have done against him. Secondly, Jerusalem shall shortly be as miserable as ever Shiloh was: Therefore I will do unto this house as I did to Shiloh, ruin it, and lay it waste,
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Rising up early and speaking - A proverbial expression for “speaking zealously and earnestly.” It is used only by Jeremiah.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| יַ֧עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| עֲשׂוֹתְכֶ֛ם | ʾasotkhem | did you | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמַּֽעֲשִׂ֥ים | hamaasim | the deeds | H4639 → | 236 times |
| הָאֵ֖לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וָאֲדַבֵּ֨ר | vaadaber | and I spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם | hashkem | rising early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| וְדַבֵּר֙ | vedaber | and speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁמַעְתֶּ֔ם | shema'tem | you listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וָאֶקְרָ֥א | vaekra' | and I called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עֲנִיתֶֽם׃ | ʾanitem | you answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
וְעַתָּ֗הand therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
יַ֧עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
עֲשׂוֹתְכֶ֛םdid you
ʾasotkhemH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמַּֽעֲשִׂ֥יםthe deeds
hamaasimH4639 →236 times
הָאֵ֖לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וָאֲדַבֵּ֨רand I spoke
vaadaberH1696 →1141 times
אֲלֵיכֶ֜םto you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
הַשְׁכֵּ֤םrising early
hashkemH7925 →65 times
וְדַבֵּר֙and speaking
vedaberH1696 →1141 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֔םyou listened
shema'temH8085 →1159 times
וָאֶקְרָ֥אand I called
vaekra'H7121 →733 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
עֲנִיתֶֽם׃you answered
ʾanitemH6030 →331 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
Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
it leads to
- Romans 10:21
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
- 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 66:4
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and…
- Hebrews 12:25–26
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…
- Romans 10:21
Through
Isaiah 65:12I 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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Through
Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:15
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
- Jeremiah 18:15
Through
Jeremiah 7:25From 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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:4
And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
- Jeremiah 25:4
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.