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Jeremiah 5:4

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← Jeremiah 5:3	Jeremiah 5:4 (KJV)	Jeremiah 5:5 →
O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.	Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.	I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Therefore I said^H559, Surely these are poor^H1800; they are foolish^H2973: for they know^H3045 not the way^H1870 of the LORD^H3068, nor the judgment^H4941 of their God^H430.

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Original Hebrew

וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי אַךְ־דַּלִּים הֵם נֹואֲלוּ כִּי לֹא יָדְעוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה מִשְׁפַּט אֱלֹהֵיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/אֲנִ֣י	va./'a.Ni	H589	HC/Pp1cs	and/ I
אָמַ֔רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	H559	HVqp1cs	I said
אַךְ	'akh-	H389	HTa	only
דַּלִּ֖ים	da.Lim	H1800	HAampa	(are) poor (people)
הֵ֑ם	Hem	H1992	HPp3mp	they
נוֹאֲל֕וּ	no.'a.Lu	H2973	HVNp3cp	they have acted foolishly
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לֹ֤א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יָדְעוּ֙	ya.de.'U	H3045	HVqp3cp	they know
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	H1870	HNcbsc	(the) way of
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	mish.Pat	H4941	HNcmsc	(the) ordinance of
אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם	'e.lo.hei./Hem	H430	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	God/ their

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1800 — דַּל (dal, dal): from דָּלַל; properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin; lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H2973 — יָאַל (yâʼal, yaw-al'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish; dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
• H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (17): Nehemiah 3:5, Psalms 49:2, Isaiah 2:9, Isaiah 5:15, Isaiah 29:12, Isaiah 59:4, Jeremiah 5:21, Jeremiah 6:10, Jeremiah 42:1, Hosea 4:1, Amos 3:10, Micah 3:1, Zechariah 11:7, Mark 7:18, Luke 6:24, Luke 14:18, 2 Peter 2:12

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: KNOWLEDGE-IGNORANCE, POVERTY-RICHES
• Torrey’s: JERUSALEM, SINS, NATIONAL
• Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS, BLINDNESS, IDOLATRY, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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