King James Version
Jeremiah 28:7 in the King James Version says “Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;”
Jeremiah 28:7 · KJV
Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Nevertheless hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“thou now this word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that I speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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