The Meaning of Jeremiah 25:7 Explained

Jeremiah 25:7

KJV: Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

YLT: And ye have not hearkened unto Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.

Darby: But ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, to your own hurt.

ASV: Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

Discover Jeremiah 25:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 25:7?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 25:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 25:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 25:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yet ye have not hearkened  unto me, saith  the LORD;  that ye might provoke me to anger  with the works  of your hands  to your own hurt. 

What does Jeremiah 25:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Yet the people had not listened to the Lord, but instead provoked Him to anger by making idols-to their own harm.

Context Summary

Jeremiah 25:1-38 - Shepherds That Mislead God's Flock
It is God's purpose to care for His people through shepherds (pastors) who are responsible to Him. Jesus our Lord is the Branch into which we may be grafted. He is our King who saves us and clothes us with His own spotless righteousness. God finds us in Him, Philippians 3:9. Because He reigns, we are saved and dwell in safety. When we are brought into contact with false shepherds, whether the failure be in doctrine or example, let us ask for the broken heart of Jeremiah 23:9.
God is everywhere present; as the latter paragraph indicates, He is near at hand to overhear the blasphemy of those who deride religion, and to be a very present help in time of trouble. If He fills heaven and earth, can He not fill thy heart? If His Word is like fire, let it cleanse thee! If it is as a hammer, let it pulverize thy pride! Let those of us who essay to teach and preach, not steal our words from our neighbors, or utter our own, but receive them from the source of all truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 25

1  Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,
8  foretells the seventy years' captivity;
12  and after that, the destruction of Babylon
15  Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations
34  The howling of the shepherds

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 25:7 mean?

And yet not you have listened to Me says Yahweh that - you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to hurt your own -
וְלֹֽא־ שְׁמַעְתֶּ֥ם אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה לְמַ֧עַן [הכעסוני] (הַכְעִיסֵ֛נִי) בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיכֶ֖ם לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם ס

וְלֹֽא־  And  yet  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֥ם  you  have  listened 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אֵלַ֖י  to  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
נְאֻם־  says 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נְאֻם  
Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לְמַ֧עַן  that 
Parse: Preposition
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
[הכעסוני]  - 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
(הַכְעִיסֵ֛נִי)  you  might  provoke  Me  to  anger 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: כָּעַס  
Sense: to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath.
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה  with  the  works 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
יְדֵיכֶ֖ם  of  your  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine plural
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
לְרַ֥ע  to  hurt 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
לָכֶֽם  your  own 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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