Jeremiah 35 · Verse 15

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Jeremiah 35:15, King James Version

Jeremiah 35:15 in other translations

BSBAgain and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
WEBI have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Every one of you must return now from his evil way, amend your doings, and don’t go after other gods to serve them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers;’ but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
ASVI have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
YLTAnd I send unto you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and amend your doings, yea, ye do not walk after other gods, to serve them, and dwell ye on the ground that I have given to you and to your fathers; and ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me.
DARBYAnd I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after othergods to serve them; and ye shall dwell in the land that I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me.
BBEAnd I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.
WebsterI have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

What does Jeremiah 35:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. In Jr 35:15 and in 2Ch 36:15, a distinct mode of address is alluded to, namely, God sending His servants. (Jr 18:11; 25:5, 6). I enjoined nothing unreasonable, but simply to serve Me, and I attached to the command a gracious promise, but in vain. If Jonadab's commands, which were arbitrary and not moral obligations in themselves, were obeyed, much more ought Mine, which are in themselves right.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 35:12-19

The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to one who was but a man like themselves, and Jonadab never did for his seed what God has done for his people. Mercy is promised to the Rechabites. We are not told respecting the performance of this promise; but doubtless it was performed, and travellers say the Rechabites…

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Jeremiah 35:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֶשְׁלַ֣חva.'esh.Lachand I sentH7971
אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם'a.lei.Khemto youH413
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.Daiservants myH5650
הַנְּבִאִ֣ים\׀ha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030
הַשְׁכֵּ֣יםhash.Keimrising earlyH7925
וְשָׁלֹ֣חַ\׀ve.sha.Lo.achand sendingH7971
לֵאמֹ֡רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
שֻׁבוּ\־shu.vu-turn backH7725
נָ֡אna'pleaseH4994
אִישׁ֩'isheveryoneH376
מִדַּרְכּ֨וֹmi.dar.Kofrom way hisH1870
הָרָעָ֜הha.ra.'Ah<the> evilH7451
וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּve.hei.Ti.vuand make goodH3190
מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֗םma.'a.lei.Khemdeeds yourH4611
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
תֵּ֨לְכ֜וּte.le.Khuyou walkH1980
אַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
אֱלֹהִ֤ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430
אֲחֵרִים֙'a.che.RimotherH312
לְעָבְדָ֔םle.'a.ve.Damto serve themH5647
וּשְׁבוּ֙u.she.Vuand dwellH3427
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe landH127
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
נָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemto you
וְלַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םve.la.'a.vo.tei.Khemand to ancestors yourH1
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
הִטִּיתֶם֙hi.ti.Temyou inclinedH5186
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אָזְנְכֶ֔ם'a.ze.ne.Khemear yourH241
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.Temyou listenedH8085
אֵלָֽי\׃'e.Laito meH413

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Cross references for Jeremiah 35:15

  • Jeremiah 18:11

    Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

  • Jeremiah 25:5-6

    They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

  • Ezekiel 18:30-32

    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

  • Hosea 14:1-4

    O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

  • Jeremiah 17:20-25

    And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. …

  • Jeremiah 7:3-7

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: …

  • Jeremiah 22:4

    For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

  • Jeremiah 7:25-26

    Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

  • Acts 26:20

    But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

  • Luke 13:34-35

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

  • Zechariah 1:3-4

    Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 1:16-19

    Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have.
Lu 10:16; 1Th 4:8
Return.
3:14; 4:14; 7:3-5; 17:20-23; 18:11; 25:5; 26:13; 44:4,5; Isa 1:16-19
Eze 18:30-32; Ho 14:1-4; Zec 1:3,4; Ac 26:20
ye shall dwell.
7:5-7; 17:24,25; 22:4; 25:5,6; De 30:20
ye have.
Lu 13:34,35

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Context

  • Jeremiah 35:14

    The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

  • Jeremiah 35:15

    I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

  • Jeremiah 35:16

    Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

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Jeremiah 35:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y envié á vosotros á todos mis siervos los profetas, madrugando y enviándolos á decir: Tornaos ahora cada uno de su mal camino, y enmendad vuestras obras, y no vayáis tras dioses ajenos para servirles, y viviréis en la tierra que dí á vosotros y á vuestros padres: mas no inclinasteis vuestro oído, ni me oísteis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je vous ai envoyé tous mes serviteurs les prophètes, me levant de bonne heure et les envoyant, disant: Revenez donc chacun de sa mauvaise voie, et amendez vos actions, et n’allez pas après d’autres dieux pour les servir, et vous habiterez sur la terre que j’ai donnée à vous et à vos pères. Mais vous n’avez pas incliné votre oreille, et vous ne m’avez pas écouté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich habe alle meine Knechte, die Propheten, zu euch gesandt, früh mich aufmachend und sendend, und habe gesprochen: Kehret doch um, ein jeder von seinem bösen Wege, und machet eure Handlungen gut, und wandelt nicht anderen Göttern nach, um ihnen zu dienen, so sollt ihr in dem Lande wohnen, das ich euch und euren Vätern gegeben habe; aber ihr habt eurer Ohr nicht geneigt und nicht auf mich gehört.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misique ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas, consurgens diluculo mittensque, et dicens: Convertimini unusquisque a via sua pessima, et bona facite studia vestra: et nolite sequi deos alienos, neque colatis eos, et habitabitis in terra quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris: et non inclinastis aurem vestram, neque audistis me.