Bible Strands
Jeremiah 7:27
When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah addresses the people of Judah during a period of entrenched rebellion, declaring that his forthcoming prophetic declarations will meet with total rejection.
The words — The Hebrew יִשְׁמְעוּ (yish.me.'U) translates literally as "they will listen," paired with דִבַּרְתָּ (di.bar.Ta) meaning "you will say," which establishes the structure of proclamation and anticipated refusal.
The thread — This dynamic of divine calling met with human silence recurs in Isaiah 50:2 and Isaiah 65:12, while Jeremiah 1:7 reinforces the mandate to deliver the message regardless of the audience's response.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to separate the duty of faithful proclamation from the outcome of human receptivity, recognizing that obedience to the command to speak stands independent of whether the message is heard.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 50:2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Isaiah 65:12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Jeremiah 1:7 But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- Jeremiah 26:2 “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
- Zechariah 7:13 And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 6:9 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Jeremiah 1:19 They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 2:4 They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
- Ezekiel 3:4 Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
- Ezekiel 3:17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.