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Even though I diligently taught them, they would not receive instruction or obey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching <i>them</i>, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching <i>them,</i> yet they have not listened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have turned <i>their</i> back to Me and not <i>their</i> face; though <i>I</i> taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen to accept discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And they have turned <i>their</i> back to Me, and not <i>their</i> face; though <i>I</i> taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they have turned <i>their</i> back to Me and not <i>their</i> face; though <i>I</i> taught them, rising up early and teaching, they would not listen and receive discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them repeatedly, yet they would not listen and receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They turned their backs on me; and though I kept on teaching them, they would not listen and learn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to me rather than their faces. Even though I taught them, teaching them again and again, they didn't listen to accept correction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. Although I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they turn the neck to Me, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not listening to accept instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will turn to me the neck and not the face: and teaching them, and rising early and teaching, and they not hearing to receive instruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: when I taught them early in the morning, and instructed them, and they would not hearken to receive instruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. And though I taught them and instructed them, rising at first light, they were not willing to listen, so that they would receive discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I taught them persistently, they would not listen or accept correction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They have turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I have taught them persistently, they would not listen and accept correction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they have turned to me their backs and not their faces; though I have taught them, warning them in advance, yet they would not listen to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they turned their back to me, and not their faces, and I taught them; I arose early and I taught and they did not listen to receive instruction<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they have turned unto Me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, teaching them betimes and often, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they turned the back to me, and not the face: whereas I taught them early in the morning, but they hearkened no more to receive instructions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/32-33.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=10047" 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/32.htm">The LORD's Answer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: way·yip̄·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">They have turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/6203.htm" title="6203: ‘ō·rep̄ (N-ms) -- Back of the neck, neck. From araph; the nape or back of the neck; hence, the back generally.">their backs</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: p̄ā·nîm (N-mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">their faces.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: wə·lam·mêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing).">Though I taught</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/7925.htm" title="7925: haš·kêm (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; but used only as denominative from shkem; literally, to load up, i.e. To start early in the morning.">again and again,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: wə·lam·mêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ê·nām (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3mp) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">they would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šō·mə·‘îm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qa·ḥaṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">or respond</a> <a href="/hebrew/4148.htm" title="4148: mū·sār (N-ms) -- Discipline, chastening, correction. From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.">to discipline.</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.…<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="/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/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-18.htm">Ezekiel 8:18</a></span><br />Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”<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="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-25</a></span><br />Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.<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="/john/5-40.htm">John 5:40</a></span><br />yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a></span><br />For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.</p><p class="hdg">turned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Jeremiah 2:27</a></b></br> Saying to a stock, Thou <i>art</i> my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned <i>their</i> back unto me, and not <i>their</i> face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.</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/18-17.htm">Jeremiah 18:17</a></b></br> I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.</p><p class="hdg">back.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Jeremiah 7:13</a></b></br> And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-3.htm">Jeremiah 25:3,4</a></b></br> From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that <i>is</i> the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-5.htm">Jeremiah 26:5</a></b></br> To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending <i>them</i>, but ye have not hearkened;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-19.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-31.htm">Face</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-23.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-15.htm">Hearkening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Often</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm">Persistently</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Respond</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-31.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-19.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Turning</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/hosea/5-2.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-6.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-5.htm">Face</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-15.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-10.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-16.htm">Hearkening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-13.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Often</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-20.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Persistently</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-13.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Respond</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-13.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-7.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm">Turning</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-1.htm">Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">buys Hanameel's field.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-13.htm">Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-26.htm">God confirms the captivity for their sins;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">and promises a gracious return.</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'; 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In biblical times, turning one's back was a sign of disrespect and disobedience. This imagery is used to convey the people's intentional choice to ignore God, despite His continuous presence and guidance. The act of turning away from God is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> and <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>, where the Israelites are described as a rebellious nation. This turning away is not just physical but spiritual, indicating a heart hardened against God’s commands and love.<p><b>Though I taught them again and again,</b><br>God's persistent efforts to teach His people reflect His patience and desire for their repentance. The phrase "again and again" underscores the repeated opportunities God provided for correction and instruction. This is consistent with the character of God as seen throughout the Bible, where He sends prophets and leaders to guide His people back to righteousness. In <a href="/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Deuteronomy 6:7</a>, the importance of teaching and remembering God's laws is emphasized, showing that God’s instructions were meant to be a constant part of life. The historical context reveals that prophets like Jeremiah were sent repeatedly to call the people back to God, yet they were often ignored or persecuted.<p><b>they would not listen or respond to discipline.</b><br>The refusal to listen or respond indicates a stubbornness and unwillingness to change, despite the consequences. This reflects the broader theme of Israel's history, where the people often failed to heed warnings and suffered as a result. <a href="/proverbs/12.htm">Proverbs 12:1 and 15</a>:32 highlight the folly of rejecting discipline, which is meant to correct and guide. The cultural context of the time placed a high value on wisdom and learning from correction, yet the people of Judah chose to ignore this. This phrase also foreshadows the coming judgment and exile, as their persistent disobedience leads to severe consequences. The lack of response to discipline can be seen as a type of Christ, who embodies perfect obedience and submission to the Father, contrasting with the disobedience of the people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his perseverance in the face of opposition.<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 disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is speaking through Jeremiah, expressing His frustration with the people's refusal to listen and respond to His teachings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_siege.htm">Babylonian Siege</a></b><br>The historical context of this chapter is the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, a consequence of Judah's disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The relationship established between God and Israel, which the people of Judah have violated through their actions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god.htm">The Importance of Listening to God</a></b><br>God desires a relationship where His people listen and respond to His guidance. Ignoring His voice leads to spiritual and often physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Persistent disobedience and turning away from God result in judgment. This serves as a warning to remain faithful and attentive to God's word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_persistence.htm">God's Patience and Persistence</a></b><br>Despite repeated rejection, God continues to reach out to His people. This demonstrates His patience and desire for repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination_and_repentance.htm">Self-Examination and Repentance</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to examine their own lives for areas where they may be turning their backs on God and to seek repentance and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_discipline_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Discipline in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>Discipline is a tool used by God to correct and guide His people back to Him. Embracing discipline can lead to spiritual maturity and deeper faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_disasters_after_israel's_repentance.htm">(2 Chronicles 7:14) If God promised healing for a repentant nation, why did later disasters still befall Israel and Judah despite reported periods of repentance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god's_anger_brief_in_psalm_30_5.htm">Psalm 30:5: Why does the verse say God's anger is momentary if the Bible elsewhere depicts extended periods of divine punishment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_israel's_promise_and_hardships.htm">Jeremiah 32:37-44: How do we reconcile the promise of restoration with the prolonged hardships and dispersions Israel experienced throughout history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">They have turned unto me the back . . .--</span>It will be remembered that this image was more or less a favourite one with the prophet. (See Notes on <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm" title="Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.">Jeremiah 2:27</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm" title="But they listened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.">Jeremiah 7:24</a>.) The same holds good of the "rising up early." (See Notes on <a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm" title="And now, because you have done all these works, said the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not;">Jeremiah 7:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm" title="Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:">Jeremiah 7:25</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/32-33.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">They have turned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְנ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn, to face, appear, look</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their backs</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹ֖רֶף</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·rep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6203.htm">Strong's 6203: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nape, back of the neck, the back</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</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 /><br /><span class="word">Me and not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their faces.</span><br /><span class="heb">פָנִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Though I taught</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַמֵּ֤ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lam·mêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3925.htm">Strong's 3925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To exercise in, learn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">again and again,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·kêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7925.htm">Strong's 7925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To load up, to start early in the morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they would not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵינָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁמְעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(šō·mə·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<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">or respond</span><br /><span class="heb">לָקַ֥חַת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·qa·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to discipline.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוּסָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(mū·sār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4148.htm">Strong's 4148: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/32-33.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 32:33 They have turned to me the back (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/32-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:34" /></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>