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They have turned away and abandoned me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart; They have revolted and departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘But this people has a stubborn heart and a rebellious will [that draws them away from Me]; They have turned away and have gone [into idolatry].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and have gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and have gone away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You stubborn people have rebelled and turned your backs on me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But these people are stubborn and rebellious. They have turned aside and wandered away from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But you people! You are stubborn and rebellious; you have turned aside and left me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and have gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But this people have a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And this people has an apostatizing and rebelling heart, "" They have turned aside, and they go on.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And to this people was a heart turning aside and perverse, and they turned aside and departed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But the heart of this people has become incredulous and provocative; they have turned away and departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But this people’s heart is stubborn and rebellious; they turn and go away, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But this people has a contentious and rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And this people has a rebellious and contentious heart; they have gone astray and they have departed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; They are revolted, and gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-23.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=1631" 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/5.htm">Judgment Proclaimed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">But these</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·lā·‘ām (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">have</a> <a href="/hebrew/5637.htm" title="5637: sō·w·rêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Stubborn or rebellious. A primitive root; to turn away, i.e. be refractory.">stubborn</a> <a href="/hebrew/4784.htm" title="4784: ū·mō·w·reh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be contentious or rebellious. A primitive root; to be bitter; to rebel.">and rebellious</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-ms) -- 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.">hearts.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: sā·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">They have turned aside</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lê·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and gone away.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’…<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/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="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">Ezekiel 12:2</a></span><br />“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.<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="/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="/deuteronomy/9-6.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6-7</a></span><br />Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people. / Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.<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="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2-4</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / 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="/nehemiah/9-16.htm">Nehemiah 9:16-17</a></span><br />But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments. / They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">2 Kings 17:14</a></span><br />But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9</a></span><br />The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.<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="/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="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-10</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-17.htm">Mark 8:17-18</a></span><br />Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? / ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.</p><p class="hdg">a revolting.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Jeremiah 5:5</a></b></br> I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, <i>and</i> the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, <i>and</i> burst the bonds.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Jeremiah 6:28</a></b></br> They <i>are</i> all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: <i>they are</i> brass and iron; they <i>are</i> all corrupters.</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><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Apostate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-9.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">Revolted</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Stubborn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Uncontrolled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Apostate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-2.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-4.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm">Revolted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Stubborn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Uncontrolled</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</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/5.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/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.</b><br>The phrase "these people" refers to the Israelites, specifically the people of Judah during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. Historically, this period was marked by political instability and spiritual decline. The term "stubborn and rebellious hearts" indicates a deep-seated resistance to God's commands and a refusal to repent. This echoes the language used in <a href="/deuteronomy/9-6.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6</a>, where Israel is described as a "stiff-necked people." The heart, in biblical terms, represents the center of will and decision-making, suggesting that their rebellion is not just outward but deeply internal. This rebellion is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, highlighting humanity's tendency to stray from God's covenant.<p><b>They have turned aside and gone away.</b><br>"Turned aside" suggests a deliberate deviation from the path of righteousness that God set before them. This imagery is common in the prophetic literature, where following God is often depicted as walking on a straight path (<a href="/isaiah/30-21.htm">Isaiah 30:21</a>). "Gone away" implies a complete departure from God's ways, not just a temporary lapse. This phrase can be connected to the broader biblical narrative of exile, both physical and spiritual, as seen in the Babylonian captivity that Jeremiah prophesied. Theologically, this turning away is a precursor to judgment but also sets the stage for eventual redemption, as God promises to bring His people back. This concept of returning is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who calls sinners to repentance and offers a way back to God (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>).<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. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's message.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. During Jeremiah's time, Judah was facing imminent judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The audience of Jeremiah's prophecy, characterized by their stubbornness and rebellion against God. Despite numerous warnings, they continued in their sinful ways, leading to their eventual exile.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebellion.htm">Rebellion</a></b><br>A key theme in <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23</a>, highlighting the people's deliberate choice to turn away from God. The Hebrew word for "rebellious" (sarar) conveys a sense of obstinacy and defiance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/turning_aside.htm">Turning Aside</a></b><br>This phrase indicates a conscious decision to deviate from the path of righteousness. The Hebrew root (sur) suggests a willful departure from God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_a_stubborn_heart.htm">The Danger of a Stubborn Heart</a></b><br>A heart that is resistant to God's guidance is prone to spiritual downfall. We must regularly examine our hearts and remain open to God's correction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rebellion.htm">The Consequences of Rebellion</a></b><br>Persistent rebellion against God leads to separation from Him and eventual judgment. It's crucial to heed God's warnings and turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Turning aside from God is a choice, but so is repentance. We must actively choose to return to God and seek His forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_justice.htm">God's Patience and Justice</a></b><br>While God is patient and desires repentance, His justice will ultimately prevail. We should not take His patience for granted but respond to His call promptly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_scripture.htm">The Role of Prophets and Scripture</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah were sent to guide and warn. Today, Scripture serves as our guide, and we must diligently study and apply it to our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._23_5_conflict_with_genealogy.htm">Jeremiah 23:5: Does the prophecy of a Davidic 'righteous Branch' conflict with the genealogical records presented elsewhere in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_reconciled_with_love.htm">Psalm 21:8-10: How can the depiction of God's fiery wrath be reconciled with other scriptures portraying God as loving and merciful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_forbid_intercession_here.htm">Jeremiah 14:11-12: Why would God forbid prayers of intercession, when other biblical passages encourage praying for others?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_stubbornness.htm">What does the Bible say about stubbornness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">But this people . . .</span>--The contrast seems to lie in the fact that the elements are subject to God's will, but that man's rebellious will, with its fatal gift of freedom, has the power to resist it. The two adjectives "revolting" and "rebellious" (the negative and positive aspects of apostasy) are joined together, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/21-18.htm" title="If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them:">Deuteronomy 21:18</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/21-20.htm" title="And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.">Deuteronomy 21:20</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A revolting and a rebellious heart</span>. The heart is the center of the moral life virtually equivalent to "the will;" it. is "revolting" when it "turns <span class="accented">back"</span> (so literally here) from God's Law and service, and "rebellious" when it actively defies and opposes him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-23.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">But these</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלָעָ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stubborn</span><br /><span class="heb">סוֹרֵ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(sō·w·rêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5637.htm">Strong's 5637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn away, be refractory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and rebellious</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמוֹרֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mō·w·reh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4784.htm">Strong's 4784: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be contentious or rebellious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hearts.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - 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">They have turned aside</span><br /><span class="heb">סָ֖רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(sā·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gone away.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·lê·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:23 But this people has a revolting (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:24" /></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>