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Jeremiah 32:33

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33 1They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them 2persistently, they have not listened 3to receive instruction.
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Jeremiah 32:33 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:33

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face
When he reproved them for their sins; called them to repentance; instructed them in their duty; and warned them of the dangers they exposed themselves to; instead of turning the face to him, as scholars to their masters, and as subjects to their prince, to listen to what was said to them; they turned their backs or necks, the hinder part of them; expressive of contempt, and showing great rudeness and irreverence: though I taught them, rising up early, and teaching [them];
by his prophets, as the Targum; whom he sent to them early in the morning; or in the early time of their life; or when they first began to practise idolatry; so careful was the Lord of them; so diligent to instruct them, and prevent their ruin: yet have not hearkened, to receive instruction;
or "correction" F9; so as to repent of their sins, reform and amend; see ( Jeremiah 7:13 Jeremiah 7:25 Jeremiah 7:26 ) .

FOOTNOTES:

F9 (rowm) "disciplinam", Cocceius; i.e. "correctionem", Schmidt.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 32:33 In-Context

31 This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight
32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger--their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.
34 They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.
35 They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Jeremiah 2:27; [Ezekiel 8:16]; See Jeremiah 7:24
  • 2. See Jeremiah 25:3
  • 3. See Jeremiah 5:3
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