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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 5:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 5:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Hear [08085] now this, O foolish [05530] people [05971], and without understanding [03820]; which have eyes [05869], and see [07200] not; which have ears [0241], and hear [08085] not: |
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King James |
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| eyes . . . ears, and--Translate, "and yet" (compare Deu 29:4; Isa 6:9). Having powers of perception, they did not use them: still they were responsible for the exercise of them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And hear not - They are wilfully blind, and obstinately deaf, will neither see, nor hear the word, will, or works of God, of which he giveth two instances in the two following verses. |
9 And he said [0559], Go [03212], and tell [0559] this people [05971], Hear [08085] ye indeed [08085], but understand [0995] not; and see [07200] ye indeed [07200], but perceive [03045] not.
4 Yet the LORD [03068] hath not given [05414] you an heart [03820] to perceive [03045], and eyes [05869] to see [07200], and ears [0241] to hear [08085], unto this day [03117].