Jeremiah 16:12
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
רָעַע
you have done evil
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רָעַע
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
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לֵב
own heart/ his
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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הָלַךְ
are walking
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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שְׁרִירוּת
the stubbornness of
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שְׁרִירוּת
obstinacy
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