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 and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear. 22Do you not fear Me?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it. But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed. 24They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.” 25Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.

Jeremiah 5:23 word by word

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

• But thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• hasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• stubbornסָרַרsârar · to rebelH5637
• and rebelliousמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• They have turnedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• asideסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• and departedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:23

• Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the great And will speak to them, For they know the way of the Lord And the ordinance of their God.” But they too, with one accord, have broken the yoke And burst the bonds.
• Jeremiah 6:28All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
• Psalms 95:10For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
• Isaiah 1:5Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.
• Isaiah 31:6Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
• Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of My people And direct their desire toward their iniquity.
• Hosea 11:7So My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls 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

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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