Jeremiah 5:21 KJV
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Matthew Henry
- Their apostacy and idolatryUnhumbled 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...
Thompson Chains
- FollySee the chain from Psalms 49:13 · 7 links
- No UnderstandingSee the chain from Psalms 32:9 · 8 links
- Spir. BlindnessSee the chain from Isaiah 59:10 · 7 links
Cross References
- Ezekiel 12:2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
- Acts 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
- Isaiah 6:9–10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. …
- John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- Romans 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- Psalms 94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Isaiah 44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jeremiah 5:4 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.
- Jeremiah 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
- Matthew 13:13–15 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. …
- Mark 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
- Proverbs 17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
- Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
- Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Hosea 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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Topics
- Backsliders Backsliding of Israel
- Birds Cages of
- Blindness Spiritual
- Impenitence General scriptures concerning
- Sin The Israelites
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Hear שִׁמְעוּ šimʿû שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
- now this, O foolish נָא nāʾ Exhortation זֹאת zōʾt Pronoun סָכָל sākol סָכָל Noun · masculine singular
- people עַם ʿam עַם Noun · masculine singular
- and without understanding וְאֵין wĕʾên Negative · with and לֵב lēb לֵב Noun · masculine singular
- which have eyes עֵינַיִם ʿênayim עַיִן Noun · masculine or feminine dual
- and see יִרְאוּ yirʾû רָאָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- not; which have ears לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and אָזְנַיִם ʾoznayim אֹזֶן Noun · feminine dual לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and
- and hear יִשְׁמָעוּ yišmāʿû שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
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