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Jeremiah 7:24

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Jeremiah 7:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 7:24

Theological / Devotional

Hearkened. Heb. shama‘, “to hear”; hence, “to listen to,” “to give heed to,” or “to obey.” Verses 24–28 recite the sad fact of Israel’s disobedience to the beneficent commands of Jehovah (see Ps. 81:11, 12).

Inclined their ear. See Isa. 55:3; Jer. 25:4 ; 44:5.

Imagination. Heb. sheriruth, “firmness,” or “stubbornness”; in the OT always connected with “heart” (see Jer. 3:17; 9:14; 11:8; 13:10; 16:12; 18:12; 23:17; cf. Deut. 29:19; Ps. 81:12).

Went backward. See v. 26; Jer. 2:27; 32:33; cf. Neh. 9:29; Hosea 4:16. Judah was like a headstrong ox that draws back and refuses to place its neck under the yoke. There can be no standstill in religious and moral experience. There is either progress or backsliding.

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