Jeremiah 32:33

33 They turned their backs to me, not their faces. I tried to teach them again and again, but they wouldn't listen or learn.

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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (rowm) "disciplinam", Cocceius; i.e. "correctionem", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 32:33 In-Context

31 "From the day Jerusalem was built until now, this city has made me angry, so angry that I must remove it from my sight.

32 I will destroy it, because of all the evil the people of Israel and Judah have done. The people, their kings and officers, their priests and prophets, all the people of Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have made me angry.

33 They turned their backs to me, not their faces. I tried to teach them again and again, but they wouldn't listen or learn.

34 They put their hateful idols in the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, so they made it unclean.

35 In the Valley of Ben Hinnom they built places to worship Baal so they could burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to Molech. But I never commanded them to do such a hateful thing. It never entered my mind that they would do such a thing and cause Judah to sin.