Jeremiah 7:27
in Jeremiah 7When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
KJV
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
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This verse in Jeremiah 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verse"Have no doubt," he says, "that they are stiff-necked and that their works are worse than those of their ancestors. Behold, I give them a place of penance. I do not speak that they may repent, but I only predict what is coming. In any event, you will now speak my word to them and they will not listen to you, and you will call them and they will not answer you, for they are so prideful that when you ask them for a hearing, no one will even bother to respond."
This site's exposition
They went backward and not forward
on Jeremiah 7:24-28
The record runs from the exodus generation to this one, a people who “followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts”. Prophets were sent “again and again”, yet they “did more evil than their fathers”. Jeremiah must preach though told “they will not listen to you”.
This site's exposition
they will not listen to you
The LORD tells Jeremiah the outcome before he speaks. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown call this a trial of the prophet's faith: he was to deliver the warning in obedience, knowing it would be refused. Ezekiel received the same charge at Ezekiel 2:7.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 27, 28.) And you shall speak to them all these words, and they will not listen to you. And you shall call to them, and they will not respond to you. And you shall say to them: This is a people who has not heard the voice of their Lord God, nor received discipline. Faith has perished and has been taken away from their mouth. Do not doubt, he says, that they have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers. Behold, I give them a place for repentance: and yet I do not speak that they may become, but because they will be, therefore I foretell. Speak now to them with my words, and yet they will not listen to you; and you will call to them, and they will not respond to you. For their pride will be so great that when you call them to hear, no one will deign to respond. And you will say to them: This is a nation that has not heard the voice of their God, nor received discipline. Beautifully, as I have said before, he calls not his people, but a nation. Although this was done in part during the time of the Prophets, and it has preceded in shadow and in image, it is more fully fulfilled in Christ, when they refused to receive discipline and despised the voice of their Lord. Where elegantly is inferred: Faith has perished, which properly belongs to Christians; and it has been taken away from their lips: namely, all confession of the Son of God and of faith.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Therefore--rather, "Though thou speak . . . yet they will not hearken" [MAURER], (Eze 2:7), a trial to the prophet's faith; though he knew his warnings would be unheeded, still he was to give them in obedience to God.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤ | vedibarta | and you will say | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשְׁמְע֖וּ | yishmeu | they will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵלֶ֑יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְקָרָ֥אתָ | vekarata | and you will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃ | yaanukhah | they will answer you | H6030 → | 331 times |
וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤and you will say
vedibartaH1696 →1141 times
אֲלֵיהֶם֙to them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יִשְׁמְע֖וּthey will listen
yishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֵלֶ֑יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
וְקָרָ֥אתָand you will call
vekarataH7121 →733 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֖םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃they will answer you
yaanukhahH6030 →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
Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 59:1
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- 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…
- Numbers 11:23
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
- Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Isaiah 59:1
Through
Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
it leads to
- Proverbs 1:24–28
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Jeremiah 14:12
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and…
- Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Proverbs 1:24–28
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 2:43.1-3; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).