King James Version
Jeremiah 7:26 in the King James Version says “Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.”
Jeremiah 7:26 · KJV
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. imagination: or, stubbornness went: Heb. were
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
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.
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. correction: or, instruction
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Yet they hearkened”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“not unto me nor inclined”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“but hardened”
H7185properly, to be dense, i.e., tough or severe (in various applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their neck”
H6203the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
“they did worse”
H7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)
“than their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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