Jeremiah 32:23

And they came in and took possession of it But hearkened not unto thy voice Nor in thy law, did they walk, Nought of what thou hadst commanded them to do, did they do,—And so thou hast caused to befall them all this calamity.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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:

In Context

22And didst give unto them this land, which thou hadst sworn to their fathers to give unto them,—a land flowing with milk and honey;

24Lo! the earthworks! they have entered the city, to capture it, And the city, hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who are fighting against it, because of the sword and the famine and the pestilence,—And so what thou didst speak, hath come to pass, And there thou art looking on!

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:14But, if ye will not hearken unto me, And will not do all these commandments;

Joshua 21:43So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers,—and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.

Judges 2:11So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,—and served the Baals;

Ezra 9:7Since the days of our fathers, we, have been in great guilt, until this day,—and, for our iniquities, have we been given up—we, our kings, our priests,—into the hand of the kings of the lands, by sword and by captivity and by spoiling and by a turning pale of face, as at this day.

Nehemiah 9:22And thou gavest them kingdoms, and peoples, and allotted to each of them a corner,—and they took possession of the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

Nehemiah 9:26But they murmured and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and, thy prophets, they slew, who testified against them that they might turn them back unto thee,—and they wrought great insults.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:17-26

Jeremiah's Prayer. ( b. c. 589.) 16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord , saying, 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, 19 Great in counsel,… Read the whole commentary →

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