The Meaning of Jeremiah 7:17 Explained

Jeremiah 7:17

KJV: Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

YLT: Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?

Darby: Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

ASV: Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seest  thou not what they do  in the cities  of Judah  and in the streets  of Jerusalem? 

What does Jeremiah 7:17 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Yahweh reminded Jeremiah how far His people had departed from His ways.

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 7:17 mean?

Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem
הַֽאֵינְךָ֣ רֹאֶ֔ה מָ֛ה הֵ֥מָּה עֹשִׂ֖ים בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת ؟ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

הַֽאֵינְךָ֣  Do  you  not 
Parse: Adverb, second person masculine singular
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
רֹאֶ֔ה  see 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
בְּעָרֵ֣י  in  the  cities 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
יְהוּדָ֑ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת  and  in  the  streets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
؟ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם  of  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.

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