King James Version
Jeremiah 9:13 in the King James Version says “And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither wal...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;”
Jeremiah 9:13 · KJV
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. desolate: Heb. desolation
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: imagination: or, stubbornness
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
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“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which I set”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“them and have not obeyed”
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
“neither walked”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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