Lexicon :: Strong's H3045 - yāḏaʿ

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],

And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];

I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

“[Even] the priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’

And those who deal with the law [given to Moses] did not know Me.

The rulers and shepherds also transgressed against Me,

And the prophets prophesied by [the authority and in the name of] Baal

And walked after [idolatrous] things that did not benefit [them].

“Your own wickedness will discipline you,

And your desertion of the faith will punish you.

Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing

For you to abandon (reject) the LORD your God,

And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,

I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?

Look at your way in the valley;

Know [without any doubt] what you have done!

You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,

‘Only understand fully and acknowledge your wickedness and guilt,

That you have rebelled (transgressed) against the LORD your God

And have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree,

And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the LORD.

“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the LORD to Jeremiah];

“They do not know Me;

They are foolish children

And have no understanding.

They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,

But they do not know [how] to do good.”

“Roam back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem,

And look now and take note.

And look in her open squares

To see if you can find a man [as Abraham sought in Sodom],

One who is just, who [has integrity and moral courage and] seeks truth (faithfulness);

Then I will pardon Jerusalem—[for the sake of one uncompromisingly righteous person].

Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated);

They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding,

For they do not know the way of the LORD

Or the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].

“Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from far away, O house of Israel,” says the LORD.

“It is a mighty and enduring nation,

It is an ancient nation,

A nation whose language you do not know,

Whose words you do not comprehend.

“Were they ashamed because they had committed disgusting and vile things?

No, they were not at all ashamed;

They did not even know how to blush [at their idolatry].

Therefore they will fall among those who fall;

At the time that I punish them

They will be overthrown,” says the LORD.

“Therefore hear, O [Gentile] nations,

And see, O congregation, what [vengeful act] is to be done to them.

“I [the LORD] have set you as an assayer [O Jeremiah] and as a tester [of the ore] of My people,

That you may know and analyze their acts.”

“Even the stork in the sky

Knows her seasons [of migration],

And the turtledove, the swallow and the crane

Observe the time of their return.

But My people do not know

The law of the LORD.

“Were they ashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done?

They were not at all ashamed,

And they did not know how to blush.

Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown,”

Says the LORD.

“They bend their tongue like their bow;

[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;

For they proceed from evil to evil,

And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the LORD.

“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit];

Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the LORD.

O LORD, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;

It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].

Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know nor recognize You

And on the families that do not call Your name.

For they have devoured Jacob;

They have devoured him and consumed him

And made his land a desolate waste.

Then the LORD gave me knowledge [of their plot], and I knew it;

So You [O LORD] revealed their deeds to me.

But You, O LORD, know me [and understand my devotion to You];

You see me;

And You examine the attitude of my heart toward You.

Drag out the faithless like sheep for the slaughter [O LORD]

And set them apart for the day of slaughter.

“Therefore you are to speak this word to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jar should be filled with wine.”’ The people will say to you, ‘Do we not already know that every jar should be filled with wine?’

‘If I go out into the field,

Then I gaze on those slaughtered with the sword!

And if I enter the city,

Then I gaze on [those tormented with] the diseases of famine!

For both prophet and priest [who should have guided the people]

Go about [bewildered and exiled] in a land (Babylon) that they do not know or understand.’”

We know and acknowledge, O LORD,

Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

“Then I will make your enemies bring [you along with] your possessions

Into a land which you do not know [for there you will serve your conquerors];

For a fire has been kindled in My anger,

Which will burn upon you.”

“Therefore,” [says the LORD] “behold, I will make them know—

This time I will make them know

My power and My might;

And they will know and recognize [without any doubt] that My Name is the LORD.”

And you will, through your own fault, let go of your [grip on your] inheritance

That I gave you;

And I will make you serve your enemies

In a land which you do not know;

For you have kindled a fire in My anger

Which will burn forever.

“The heart is deceitful above all things

And it is [fn]extremely sick;

Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

But as for me, I have not tried to escape from being a shepherd [walking] after You,

Nor have I longed for the woeful day [of judgment];

You know that, whatever I said

Was [spoken] in Your presence and was from You.

Yet You, O LORD, know

All their deadly plotting against me;

Do not forgive their wickedness

Or blot out their sin from Your sight.

But let them be overthrown before You;

Deal with them in the time of Your anger.

“Is this man [King] Coniah a despised, broken jar?

Is he a vessel in which no one takes pleasure?

Why are he and his [royal] descendants hurled out

And cast into a land which they do not know or understand?

‘After I turned away [from You], I repented;

After I was instructed, I struck my thigh [in remorse];

I was ashamed and even humiliated

Because I carried the disgrace of my youth [as a nation].’

Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know about this conversation and you will not die.