24. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 7:24:1 ⧉וְלֹ֤אveloand not Jeremiah 7:24:2 ⧉שָֽׁמְעוּ֙shameuthey listened or obeyed Jeremiah 7:24:3 ⧉וְלֹֽא־הִטּ֣וּvelohituand did not incline Jeremiah 7:24:4 ⧉אֶת־אָזְנָ֔םetoznamtheir ear Jeremiah 7:24:5 ⧉וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙vayelekhuand they walked Jeremiah 7:24:6 ⧉בְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹתbemoetsotin counsels Jeremiah 7:24:7 ⧉בִּשְׁרִר֖וּתbisherirutin stubbornness Jeremiah 7:24:8 ⧉לִבָּ֣םlibamof their heart Jeremiah 7:24:9 ⧉הָרָ֑עharathe evil Jeremiah 7:24:10 ⧉וַיִּהְי֥וּvayiheyuand they became Jeremiah 7:24:11 ⧉לְאָח֖וֹרleakhorto backward Jeremiah 7:24:12 ⧉וְלֹ֥אveloand not Jeremiah 7:24:13 ⧉לְפָנִֽים׃lefanimto the front or forward |
24. Formal Translation But they did not listen, and did not incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart; and they became backward and not forward. |
24. Dynamic Translation Yet they refused to listen, and did not turn their ear, but followed their own ideas and the stubbornness of their evil heart; they went backward, not forward. |