The Meaning of Jeremiah 7:13 Explained

Jeremiah 7:13

KJV: 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;

YLT: And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,

Darby: And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;

ASV: And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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; 

What does Jeremiah 7:13 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The people had been sinning in the ways just enumerated for a long time. The Lord had sent them prophets and leaders who had warned them from the earliest days of their departure from Him, but they had refused to respond. The phrase "rising up early and speaking" was a favorite of Jeremiah"s (cf. Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 25:3-4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 32:33; Jeremiah 35:14-15; Jeremiah 44:4). It occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 7

1  Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity
8  He rejects their vain confidence,
12  by the example of Shiloh
17  He threatens them for their idolatry
21  He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient
29  He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;
32  and the judgments for the same

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 7:13 mean?

Now because you have done - all works these says Yahweh and I spoke to you rising up early and speaking but not you did hear and I called you you did answer
וְעַתָּ֗ה יַ֧עַן עֲשׂוֹתְכֶ֛ם אֶת־ כָּל־ הַמַּֽעֲשִׂ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה וָאֲדַבֵּ֨ר אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם וְדַבֵּר֙ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֔ם וָאֶקְרָ֥א אֶתְכֶ֖ם עֲנִיתֶֽם

וְעַתָּ֗ה  Now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
יַ֧עַן  because 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַעַן  
Sense: because, therefore, because that, on account of prep.
עֲשׂוֹתְכֶ֛ם  you  have  done 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַמַּֽעֲשִׂ֥ים  works 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
הָאֵ֖לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
נְאֻם־  says 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נְאֻם  
Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וָאֲדַבֵּ֨ר  and  I  spoke 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַשְׁכֵּ֤ם  rising  up  early 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute
Root: שָׁכַם  
Sense: to rise or start early.
וְדַבֵּר֙  and  speaking 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
וְלֹ֣א  but  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֔ם  you  did  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וָאֶקְרָ֥א  and  I  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
עֲנִיתֶֽם  you  did  answer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.