Translations
Modern
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
Traditional
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Literal
Hear, O earth! Behold, I am bringing evil upon this people—the fruit of their thoughts!—Because they have paid no attention to My words; and My law, they have rejected it.
Latin
Audi, terra: ecce ego adducam mala super populum istum, fructum cogitationum ejus: quia verba mea non audierunt, et legem meam projecerunt.
Original
Hebrew
English
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
Notes
All the nations would know that disaster had come to the Lord’s people because they rejected his word (Jeremiah 19:3; Proverbs 1:31; Isaiah 1:2).
The Lord urged the people to repent and warned them about the terrible consequences if they did not.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC
Glossary
Topics
Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning National Sins: National Worship Rejected on Account of The Burnt offering of the Wicked, not Accepted by God The Call of God: Rejection by God The Call of God: Temporal Judgments The Law of God: The Wicked: Refuse to Hear