Jeremiah 16:12

Jeremiah 16:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
• New International Version (NIV)But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.

Context of Jeremiah 16:12

10“And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11then you shall say to them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says the Lord; ‘they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law. And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. 13Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.’ 14“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’

Jeremiah 16:12 word by word

וְאַתֶּ֛ם הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם הֹלְכִ֗ים אִ֚ישׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֔ע לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֥עַ אֵלָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• worseרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• than your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• for, beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• ye walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: followH1980
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• the imaginationשְׁרִירוּתsherîyrûth · stubbornnessH8307
• of his evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• that they may not hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:12

• Jeremiah 7:26Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
• Jeremiah 13:10This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing.
• 2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
• Jeremiah 9:14but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,”
• Deuteronomy 9:27Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people, or on their wickedness or their sin,
• Deuteronomy 29:19and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart’—as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
• Judges 2:19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.
• 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.”
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
• Genesis 6:5Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
• Hebrews 3:12Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12And ye have done worse than your fathers - The sins of the fathers would not have been visited on the children, had they not followed their example, and become even worse than they.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Imaginations - Read stubbornness.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-13Verses 10-13 Here seems to be the language of those who quarrel at the word of God, and instead of humbling and condemning themselves, justify themselves, as though God did them wrong. A plain and full answer is given. They were more obstinate in sin than their fathers, walking every one after the devices of his heart. Since they will not hearken, they shall be hurried away into a far country, a land they know not. If they had God's favour, that would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13Jeremiah's response was the message he got when he was given his mission: The people left the Lord for idols (Jeremiah 2), so the Lord would leave them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. ye--emphatic: so far from avoiding your fathers' bad example, ye have done worse (Jr 7:26; 1Ki 14:9). imagination--rather, "stubborn perversity." that they may not hearken--rather, connected with "ye"; "ye have walked ... so as not to hearken to Me."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 16:12

• Depravity of Man
• Example
• Impenitence
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Imagination
• Iron

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16

• 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