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See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You too have done evil, <i>even</i> more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You too have done evil, <i>even</i> more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You too have done evil, <i>even</i> more than your fathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and because you have done worse [things] than your fathers. Just look, every one of you walks in the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen [obediently] to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You did more evil than your ancestors. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You did more evil than your fathers. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying Me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And you have done even worse! You are stubborn, and instead of obeying me, you do whatever evil comes to your mind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You have done worse than your ancestors. All of you are following your own stubborn, evil ways that keep you from obeying me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But you have done even worse than your ancestors. All of you are stubborn and evil, and you do not obey me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You have done even more evil than your ancestors, and each one of you is stubbornly following his own evil desires, refusing to listen to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, look, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 to me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have done evil more than your fathers, for behold, you each walk after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don’t listen to me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You also have done evil above your fathers, "" And behold, you are each walking after the stubbornness of his evil heart, "" So as not to listen to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye acted wickedly to do more than your fathers; and behold, you going a man after the stubbornness of his evil heart for not hearing to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And you have done worse than your ancestors. Here you are, every one of you, walking in the stubbornness of your evil heart instead of listening to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and because you have behaved worse than your ancestors, for here you are, every one of you, following your stubborn evil will, refusing to listen to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk away every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that you may not hearken to me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you have done more evil than your fathers, and behold, you are going, each man, after the will of your evil heart, that you will not listen to me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto Me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />(and ye sinned worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the lusts of your own evil heart, so as not to hearken to me);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4859" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Disaster Predicted</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">And you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">have done</a> <a href="/hebrew/7489.htm" title="7489: hă·rê·‘ō·ṯem (V-Hifil-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to spoil; figuratively, to make good for nothing, i.e. Bad.">more evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: mê·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">than your fathers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: wə·hin·nə·ḵem (Conj-w:: Interjection:: 2mp) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">See how</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each of you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hō·lə·ḵîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">follows</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8307.htm" title="8307: šə·ri·rūṯ (N-fsc) -- Firmness, stubbornness. From sharar in the sense of twisted, i.e. Firm; obstinacy.">the stubbornness</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">of his evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bōw- (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">instead of</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·mō·a‘ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">obeying</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">Me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-18.htm">Ezekiel 20:18-21</a></span><br />In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. / I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. / Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">2 Kings 17:14-15</a></span><br />But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Judges 2:19</a></span><br />But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a></span><br />For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-24.htm">Deuteronomy 9:24</a></span><br />You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Nehemiah 9:29</a></span><br />You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-7.htm">2 Chronicles 30:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see. / Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-8.htm">Psalm 78:8</a></span><br />Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a></span><br />But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-31.htm">Matthew 23:31-32</a></span><br />So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. / Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a></span><br />But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8-10</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. / Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6-11</a></span><br />These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not listen to me:</p><p class="hdg">worse.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Jeremiah 7:26</a></b></br> Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10</a></b></br> This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a></b></br> But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.</p><p class="hdg">imagination.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a></b></br> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels <i>and</i> in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14</a></b></br> But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10</a></b></br> This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.</p><p class="hdg">evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></b></br> The heart <i>is</i> deceitful above all <i>things</i>, and desperately wicked: who can know it?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></b></br> And GOD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12</a></b></br> Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his <i>days</i> be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Follows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Obeying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Refusing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Stubborn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-13.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-3.htm">Follows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-15.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-20.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-24.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Obeying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Refusing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-4.htm">Stubborn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-9.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-1.htm">The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">because they were worse than their fathers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-14.htm">Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">God will doubly recompense their idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And you have done more evil than your fathers.</b><br>This phrase highlights the increasing moral and spiritual decline of the people of Judah. Historically, the Israelites had a pattern of disobedience and idolatry, as seen in the books of Kings and Chronicles. The reference to "fathers" points to previous generations who also sinned, but the current generation has surpassed them in wickedness. This reflects the biblical principle that sin can escalate if not addressed, as seen in the cycle of sin in Judges. The comparison to their ancestors underscores the seriousness of their actions and the cumulative nature of sin.<p><b>See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart</b><br>The "stubbornness of his evil heart" indicates a willful resistance to God's commands. Biblically, the heart is often seen as the center of will and emotion (<a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a>). The stubbornness here is akin to the hardening of the heart seen in Pharaoh during the Exodus (<a href="/exodus/7-13.htm">Exodus 7:13</a>). This phrase suggests a deliberate choice to reject God's ways, emphasizing personal responsibility. Theologically, it aligns with the doctrine of total depravity, which asserts that every part of human nature is tainted by sin, as seen in <a href="/romans/3-10.htm">Romans 3:10-12</a>.<p><b>instead of obeying Me.</b><br>This phrase contrasts the people's disobedience with the expected obedience to God. Obedience is a central theme in the covenant relationship between God and Israel, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The failure to obey God leads to consequences, as seen in the curses for disobedience. This disobedience is not just a failure to follow rules but a rejection of a relationship with God. The call to obedience is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus emphasizes love and obedience to His commandments (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>). This phrase serves as a reminder of the blessings tied to obedience and the relational aspect of following God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the ancestors of the people of Judah, who had also turned away from God and followed idolatrous practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The audience of Jeremiah's prophecy, who were being warned about their continued disobedience and the consequences thereof.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is calling His people to repentance and obedience, highlighting their failure to follow His commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_stubbornness.htm">The Danger of Stubbornness</a></b><br>The Hebrew word for "stubbornness" (sherirut) implies a willful and obstinate heart. We must examine our hearts for areas where we resist God's will and choose to follow our own desires.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_sin_and_responsibility.htm">Generational Sin and Responsibility</a></b><br>While the people of Judah were influenced by their ancestors' sins, they were responsible for their own actions. We must recognize the impact of generational patterns but take personal responsibility for our spiritual walk.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_obedience.htm">The Call to Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God is a central theme throughout Scripture. We are called to align our hearts and actions with God's commands, seeking His guidance in all areas of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_transformation.htm">Repentance and Transformation</a></b><br>True repentance involves a change of heart and direction. We are encouraged to seek God's forgiveness and allow Him to transform our hearts, leading to a life of obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The people of Judah faced severe consequences for their disobedience. We are reminded that turning away from God leads to spiritual and often physical consequences.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_discern_good_vs._evil.htm">How do you separate good from evil in life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_evil_people.htm">What is the Bible's view on evil people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._16_10-12_contradict_deut._24_16.htm">Jeremiah 16:10-12 implies children are punished for ancestors' sins--does this contradict Deuteronomy 24:16, where each person is held responsible only for their own sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_moab's_pride_align_with_other_reasons.htm">Isaiah 16:6 cites Moab's pride as a cause for judgment; how does this reasoning align or conflict with other biblical or extrabiblical explanations for Moab's downfall?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Imagination.</span>--Better, as before, <span class= "ital">stubbornness.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Imagination</span>; rather, <span class="accented">stubbornness</span> (<a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And you</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתֶּ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have done</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more evil</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(hă·rê·‘ō·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7489.htm">Strong's 7489: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than your fathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">See how</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each of you</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֚ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was following</span><br /><span class="heb">הֹלְכִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(hō·lə·ḵîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the stubbornness</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁרִר֣וּת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ri·rūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8307.htm">Strong's 8307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Firmness, stubbornness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his evil</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָ֔ע</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heart,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבּֽוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">instead of</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבִלְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">obeying</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֹ֥עַ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mō·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Me.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Jeremiah 16:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:12 And you have done evil more than (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/16-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>