Jeremiah 22:21

I spoke unto thee in thy security; 1 but thou saidst: I will not hear. 1 This hath been thy derech from thy youth, 1 that thou obeyedst not My kol (voice). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

In Context

20Go up to the Levanon, and cry out; 1 and lift up thy voice in Bashan, 1 and cry out from Avarim; 1 for all thy lovers are crushed. 1

22The ruach shall eat up all thy ro'im (rulers), 1 and thy lovers shall go into captivity [in the Golus]; 1 surely then shalt thou be ashamed and humiliated 1 because of all thy wickedness. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst Hashem Eloheicha to wrath in the midbar; from the yom that thou didst depart out of Eretz Mitzrayim, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Hashem.

Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy meri (rebellion), and thy oref hakasheh (stiff neck); behold, while I am yet alive with you today, ye have been mamrim (rebellious) against Hashem; and how much more after my death!

Judges 2:11And the Bnei Yisroel did harah in the sight of Hashem, and served Ba'alim;

2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the malachim of Elohim, and despised His words, and derided His nevi'im, until the Chamat Hashem was aroused against His people, until there was no marpeh (remedy, healing).

Psalms 106:6We have sinned with Avoteinu, 1 we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 1

Isaiah 48:8Thou heardest not; thou had no da'as; 1 from of old, thine ozen (ear) was not opened; 1 for I knew that thou wouldest deal as a boged (treacherous betrayer), 1 and thou wast called a poshei'a (rebel, transgressor) from the beten + 48:8 i.e., birth; see Ps 51:5 (womb). 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:21-30

The Desolation of Judah; The Doom of Jeconiah. ( b. c. 590.) 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,… Read the whole commentary →

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