King James Version
Jeremiah 9:14 in the King James Version says “But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: imagination...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: imagination: or, stubbornness”
Jeremiah 9:14 · KJV
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.
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
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“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“of their own heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“taught”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
“which their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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