Jeremiah - 5:21



21 'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:

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Explanation and meaning of Jeremiah 5:21.

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Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.
Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear.
Audite agedum hoc, popule stulte et absque corde; oculi illis, et non vident; aures illis, et non audiunt (et non audient, ad verbum.)

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding,.... or, "heart" (a); See Gill on Jeremiah 4:22,
which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not; like the idols they served, Psalm 115:4. this is an upbraiding of them with their folly and stupidity, their want of common sense, their blindness and ignorance; notwithstanding they had the means of light and knowledge, the law, and the prophets.
(a) "et non cor", Pagninus, Montanus; "qui non habes cor", V. L. "excors", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "cui cor non est", Cocceius.

eyes . . . ears, and--Translate, "and yet" (compare Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 6:9). Having powers of perception, they did not use them: still they were responsible for the exercise of them.

And hear not - They are wilfully blind, and obstinately deaf, will neither see, nor hear the word, will, or works of God, of which he giveth two instances in the two following verses.

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