Jeremiah 5:23

Jeremiah 5:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
• New International Version (NIV)But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart; They have revolted and departed.

Context of Jeremiah 5:23

21‘Now hear this, O foolish people without heart, Who have eyes but do not see, Who have ears but do not hear. 22Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass. Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back]; Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier]. [Is not such a God to be feared?] But this people has a stubborn heart and a rebellious will [that draws them away from Me]; They have turned away and have gone [into idolatry]. 24They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear and worship the Lord our God [with profound awe and reverence], Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.” 25Your wickedness has turned these [blessings] away, And your sins have withheld good [harvests] from you.

Jeremiah 5:23 word by word

וְלָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ הָיָ֔ה לֵ֖ב סוֹרֵ֣ר וּמוֹרֶ֑ה סָ֖רוּ וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• hath a revoltingסָרַרsârar · to rebelH5637
• and a rebelliousמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• they are revoltedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• and goneיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:23

• Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the great [men] And speak to them, For they [must] know the way of the Lord, The ordinance of their God.” But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law] And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].
• Jeremiah 6:28They are all the worst [kind] of [stiff-necked, godless] rebels, Going around spreading slander. They are [not gold and silver ore, but] bronze and iron; They are all corrupt.
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things And it is extremely sick; Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
• Psalms 95:10For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation, And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart, And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’
• Isaiah 1:5Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]? You [only] continue to rebel. The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint and sick.
• Isaiah 31:6Return to Him from whom you have so deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
• Hosea 4:8They (the priests) feed on the sin offering of My people And set their heart on their wickedness.
• Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from Me; Though the prophets call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They are revolted and gone - They have abandoned me, and are gone farther and farther into transgression. They are gone entirely away from truth and righteousness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root. Jeremiah 5:22 The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25The people mistakenly believed they could manage without the Lord, who gave rain for their crops (Deuteronomy 11:14). This wrongdoing led them to miss out on wonderful blessings and good things (Jeremiah 3:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (Jr 6:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 5:23

• Backsliders
• Heart
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In the dictionaries

• Correction
• Deceit
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings