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‘Hearשִׁמְעוּnowנָאthis,זֹאתsenselessסָכָלpeopleעַםwithoutוְאֵיןheart,לֵבwho have eyesעֵינַיִם לָהֶםbut do notוְלֹאsee,יִרְאוּwho have earsאָזְנַיִם לָהֶםbut do notוְלֹאhear.יִשְׁמָעוּ
Jeremiah 5:21
Study it in the app“‘Hear now this, senseless people without heart, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:21, word by word
- ‘Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- senselessסָכָלsachal
witless, fool
Foolish; a fool who acts without sense.
Where else “sachal” appears- peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- who have eyesעֵינַיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- seeיִרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- who have earsאָזְנַיִםaznayim
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “aznayim” appears
The context
20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and proclaim it in Judah, saying,
21 · This verse (above)
22Do you not fear me? declares YHWH. Do you not tremble before me, who placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, and it cannot pass beyond it? And they toss, but they cannot prevail; and its waves roar, but they cannot pass beyond it.