KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 7:17 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Seest” | רֹאֶ֔ה | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | Seest |
| “thou not” | הַֽאֵינְךָ֣ | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | not |
| “what” | מָ֛ה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | what |
| “they” | הֵ֥מָּה | They (only used when emphatic) | they |
| “do” | עֹשִׂ֖ים | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | do |
| “in the cities” | בְּעָרֵ֣י | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | cities |
| “of Judah” | יְהוּדָ֑ה | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | Judah |
| “and in the streets” | וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת | Properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors | streets |
| “of Jerusalem?” | יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | Jerusalem |
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15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
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