Jeremiah 13:10

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
evil	הָרָ֜ע ha.Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
people	הָעָם֩ ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
refuse	הַֽמֵּאֲנִ֣ים ha.me.'a.Nim	H3987	refractory · definite article + verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
hear	לִשְׁמ֣וֹעַ lish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
words	דְּבָרַ֗י de.va.Rai	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
walk	הַהֹֽלְכִים֙ ha.ho.le.Khim	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
imagination	בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת bish.ri.Rut	H8307	obstinacy · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
heart	לִבָּ֔ם li.Bam	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
walk	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
after	אַֽחֲרֵי֙ 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
other	אֲחֵרִ֔ים 'a.che.Rim	H312	properly · adjective, masculine plural absolute
gods	אֱלֹהִ֣ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
serve	לְעָבְדָ֖ם le.'a.ve.Dam	H5647	to work (in any sense) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
worship	וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת u.le.hish.ta.cha.Vot	H7812	to depress · conjunction + preposition + verb, infinitive construct
girdle	כָּאֵז֣וֹר ka.'e.Zor	H232	something girt · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
good	יִצְלַ֖ח yitz.Lach	H6743	to push forward · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Jeremiah 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken…
Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I h…
2 Chronicles 36:15-16 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, a…
Jeremiah 3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Je…
Jeremiah 11:7-8 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and…
Jeremiah 13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was prof…
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Here is, I. A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs, that a stupid unthinking people might be brought to consider, and believe, and be affected with what was thus set before them. 1. He was to wear a linen girdle for some time, Jer 13:1, Jer 13:2. Some think he wore it under his clothes, because it was linen, and it is said to cleave to his loins, Jer 13:11. It should rather seem to be worn upon his clothes, for it was worn for a name and a praise, and probably was a fine sash, such as officers wear and such as are commonly worn at this day in the eas…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:10

imagination--rather, "obstinacy."

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:10

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words,.... Sent by the prophets, to whom they turned a deaf ear; and though they pressed them, and importunately desired them to give them a hearing, they refused it; and this showed them to be a bad people, very degenerate and wicked; and which further appears by what follows: which walk in the imagination of their heart; which was evil, stubborn, and rebellious, see Jeremiah 7:24, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them; went to Egypt and Assyria to pay their adoration to those who were not by nature gods; and this was the cause of their ruin and destruction: shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing: as they…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:10

Jeremiah 13:10 10. This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 10. Populus hic malus [73] renuentes audire verba mea, ambulantes in pravitate cordis sui; et ambulant post deos alienos ut serviant ipsis et adorent ipsos; eterunt (collectivum nomen populi est singulare) tanquam baltheus hic, quiad nihilum prodest (qui ad quiquam non est utilis) The Prophet said, according to what we observed yesterday, that the people would be like the belt which he had hidden in a hole and found putrified: but now the cause is expressed…

Dictionary and topics

Girdle · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI
Instruction · The linen sash — The linen sash

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 13:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:10

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:10

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:10

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 13:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:10

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:10

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 13:10-11

Rashi on Jeremiah 13:10