Jeremiah 32:23

“And they came in and possessed it, but they did not listen to your voice, nor walk in your instruction; all that you commanded them to do they did not do; and you have made all this evil come upon them.”

Jeremiah 32:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 32:23, word by word

And they came inיָּבֹאוּyavou

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “yavou” appears
and possessed itיִּרְשׁוּyirshu

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

Where else “yirshu” appears
listenשָׁמְעוּshamu

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “shamu” appears
to your voiceקוֹלֶkole

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kole” appears
walkהָלָכוּhalachu

walk

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

Where else “halachu” appears
in your instructionתוֹרָתְtorat

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “torat” appears
you commandedצִוִּיתָהtsivita

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “tsivita” appears
to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asot” appears
and you have madeתַּקְרֵאtakre

befall

For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.

Where else “takre” appears
this evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears

The context

22and you gave them this land that you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

23 · This verse (above)

24Look, the siege ramps have come to the city to capture it, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and the famine and the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened, and look, you see it.

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