Jeremiah 32:23

And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
in	וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
possessed	וַיִּֽרְשׁ֣וּ vai.yir.Shu	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
obeyed	שָׁמְע֤וּ sha.me.'U	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
voice	בְקוֹלֶ֙ךָ֙ ve.ko.Le.cha	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
walked	הָלָ֔כוּ ha.La.khu	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
law	וּבְתוֹרָתְךָ֣ u.ve.to.ro.te.kha	H8451	a precept or statute · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
done	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
commandedst	צִוִּ֧יתָה tzi.Vi.tah	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
do	עָשׂ֑וּ 'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
evil	הָרָעָ֖ה ha.ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
come	וַתַּקְרֵ֣א va.tak.Re'	H7122	to encounter · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Ezra 9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, be…
Psalms 78:54-55 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Daniel 9:10-14 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Psalms 44:2-3 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my yo…
Leviticus 26:14-46 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statut…
Joshua 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselv…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:16-25

We have here Jeremiah's prayer to God upon occasion of the discoveries God had made to him of his purposes concerning this nation, to pull it down, and in process of time to build it up again, which puzzled the prophet himself, who, though he delivered his messages faithfully, yet, in reflecting upon them, was greatly at a loss within himself how to reconcile them; in that perplexity he poured out his soul before God in prayer, and so gave himself ease. That which disturbed him was not the bad bargain he seemed to have made for himself in purchasing a field that he was likely to have no good of, but the case of his people, for whom he was still a kind and faithful intercessor, and he was wil…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 32:23

all . . . thou commandedst . . . all this evil--Their punishment was thus exactly commensurate with their sin. It was not fortuitous.

John Gill on Jeremiah 32:23

And they came in and possessed it,.... After forty years travel in the wilderness; they entered into it with Joshua at the head of them, and the Lord with them; giving victory over the Canaanites, who were soon subdued; and the Israelites with little trouble settled in their land, which was divided to them by lot, and possessed as their inheritance: but they obeyed not thy voice; though they promised at Sinai they would, and though they were so much obliged by the goodness of God to them; this shows great ingratitude in them: neither walked in thy law; moral, ceremonial, and judicial, given at Harsh as the rule of their obedience; but they walked not according to it: they have done nothin…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 32:23

Jeremiah 32:23 23. And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandest them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: 23. Et ingressi sunt, et haereditate adepti sunt cam; et non audierunt vocem tuam (ad verbum, in voce tua) et in lege tua non ambulaverunt (hoc est, secundum legera tuam) quaecunque illis praecepisti ut facerent, non fecerunt; ideo occurrere fecisti illis malum hoc. The Prophet in this verse confesses that. God's vengeance was just, when the people were cast out of the land and driven into exile, because they, after having entered into the land, did not obe…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 23) And they entered and took possession of it, but they did not obey your voice and did not walk in your law. Everything that you commanded them to do, they did not do, and all these disasters happened to them. And they entered and possessed it. And immediately there was no middle ground between possession and disobedience. For abundance produces security, security produces negligence, negligence produces contempt. And they did not obey, he says, your voice, and they did not walk in your law. Therefore, they promised in vain in the wilderness, saying: We will do everything that the Lord has commanded (Exodus 19:8). For the reward is not in the promise, but in the action: to refute the impudence of those who think that a man can fulfill everything that he has promised. They did not do everything that you commanded them to do, and they certainly promised to do so. And all these evils happened to them. Evils for those who are patient, but according to the judgement of the Lord, good things that give to each person according to their ways.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Prayer, Private · Exemplified: Jeremiah — Exemplified: Jeremiah

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 32:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:16-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 32:23

John Gill on Jeremiah 32:23

John Calvin on Jeremiah 32:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 32:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:16-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 32:23

John Gill on Jeremiah 32:23

John Calvin on Jeremiah 32:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 32:23-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 32:23

Rashi on Jeremiah 32:23