Jeremiah 32:23

They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to Judah during the Babylonian siege, recounting the conquest as the basis for the current disaster.

The words — The text highlights שָׁמְעוּ (sha.me.'U), meaning "they listened," and תוֹרָתְךָ (to.ro.te./kha), meaning "your law," to describe the failure to heed divine instruction.

The thread — This sequence of disobedience after receiving land appears in Daniel 9:10, which notes Israel did not obey God's voice or walk in His laws.

Why it lands — It demands recognition that covenant blessings do not override the requirement to obey divine commands, and that persistent disobedience invites judgment.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

Cross-references

Ezra 9:7 From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
Psalms 78:54 He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
Daniel 9:10 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
Psalms 44:2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Joshua 23:16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Judges 2:11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
Judges 10:6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.