Jeremiah 16:12

“and you have done worse than your fathers; and look, you are walking, each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to listen to me.”

Jeremiah 16:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:12, word by word

have done worseהֲרֵעֹתֶםhareotem

do evil

To harm someone; evildoers.

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have done worseעֲשׂוֹתasot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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than your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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are walkingהֹלְכִיםholchim

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

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each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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the stubbornnessשְׁרִרוּתsherirut

stubbornness

Stubbornness: the hardness of one who follows only his own opinion.

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of his evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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heartלִבּlib

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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to listen to meשְׁמֹעַshemoa

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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The context

11then you will say to them: ‘Because your fathers abandoned me, declares YHWH, and walked after other gods, and served them and bowed down to them, and me they abandoned, and my instruction they did not keep;

12 · This verse (above)

13So I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will not give you clemency.’

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