What Does Jeremiah 23:22 Mean?

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“But if they had stood”

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

“in my counsel”

a session, i.e., company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret

“to hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“my words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and had caused my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“then they should have turned”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

“them from their evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

“and from the evil”

badness (as marring), physically or morally

“of their doings”

an act (good or bad)