Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 32:23
23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
Jeremiah 32:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey you or follow your law; they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they came in and took possession of it, but they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.
Context of Jeremiah 32:23
21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. 22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. 24See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! 25Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”
Read all of Jeremiah 32Jeremiah 32:23 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיִּֽרְשׁ֣וּ אֹתָ֗הּ וְלֹֽא־שָׁמְע֤וּ בְקוֹלֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְתוֹרָתְךָ֣ לֹא־הָלָ֔כוּ אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוִּ֧יתָה לָהֶ֛ם לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת לֹ֣א עָשׂ֑וּ וַתַּקְרֵ֣א אֹתָ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
- They came inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- and possessed itיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- but they did notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
- Your voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- or walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
- in Your lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- to performעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- You commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- and so You have broughtקָרָאqârâ' · to encounter: chancedH7122
- thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
- disasterרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
Cross-references for Jeremiah 32:23
- Nehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
- Psalms 44:2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
- Psalms 78:54He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
- Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Jeremiah 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
- Jeremiah 11:7For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
- Judges 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
- Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
- Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Zechariah 1:2“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.
- Luke 17:10So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 32:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Possessed - See Jeremiah 8:10 note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-25Verses 16-25 Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. When at any time we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good for us to look to first principles. Let us consider that God is the fountain of all being, power, and life; that with him no difficulty is such as cannot be overcome; that he is a God of boundless mercy; that he is a God of strict justice; and that he directs every thing for the best. Jeremiah owns that God was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23After Israel entered the Promised Land, they soon stopped obeying the Lord. Each generation up to Jeremiah's time rebelled. This long history of sin caused the current disaster. Earlier, Jeremiah struggled to see this act of God as fair, but now he understood that the Lord's word was true.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. all ... thou commandedst ... all this evil--Their punishment was thus exactly commensurate with their sin. It was not fortuitous.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 32
- 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
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