Jeremiah 7:28

Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah addresses Judah, commanding them to deliver a final declaration to a people who have already rejected his prophetic warnings. This statement follows God’s instruction that the nation will neither listen to his words nor respond to his calls.

The words — The Hebrew phrase שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל (sha.me.'U be./kOl) literally renders "they listened to the voice," marking the active refusal to heed divine instruction.

The thread — The disappearance of truth from human speech runs through Isaiah 59:14, where truth stumbles in the public square, and aligns with Isaiah 1:4’s description of a people who have forsaken the Lord.

Why it lands — The text requires acknowledgment that persistent refusal to receive correction produces the total collapse of moral and spiritual accountability.

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The Hebrew words

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve./'a.mar.Taand/ you will say אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei./Hemto/ them זֶ֤הzehthis הַגּוֹי֙ha./goy[is] the/ nation אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich לֽוֹא־lo'-not שָׁמְע֗וּsha.me.'Uthey listened בְּקוֹל֙be./kOlto/ [the] voice of יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.Ha/vGod/ its וְלֹ֥אve./Lo'and/ not לָקְח֖וּla.ke.Chuthey accepted מוּסָ֑רmu.Sarcorrection אָֽבְדָה֙'a.ve.Dahit has perished הָֽאֱמוּנָ֔הha./'e.mu.Nah<the>/ faithfulness וְנִכְרְתָ֖הve./nikh.re.Tahand/ it has been cut off מִפִּיהֶֽם׃ סmi./pi./Hemfrom/ mouth/ their

King James Version

But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Cross-references

Isaiah 59:14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Isaiah 1:4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Jeremiah 32:33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
Zephaniah 3:2 She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
Psalms 50:17 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Jeremiah 6:8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”