Lexicon :: Strong's H3282 - yaʿan

“For rebellion is as [serious as] the sin of divination (fortune-telling),

And disobedience is as [serious as] false religion and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,

He also has rejected [fn]you as king.”

“The LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the [Euphrates] River, because they have made their [fn]Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

‘Because of your raging against Me,

And because your arrogance and complacency have come up to My ears,

I will put My hook in your nose,

And My bridle in your lips,

And I will turn you back [to Assyria] by the way that you came.

Because the man did not remember to show kindness,

But persecuted the suffering and needy man,

And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

“Because I called and you refused [to answer],

I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];

Moreover, the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud

And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes,

And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait

And walk with jingling [fn]anklets on their feet,

“Because these people (Judah) have refused the gently flowing waters of [fn]Shiloah

And rejoice in Rezin [the king of Aram] and Remaliah’s son [Pekah the king of Israel],

Then the Lord said,

“Because this nation approaches [Me only] with their words

And honors Me [only] with their lip service,

But they remove their hearts far from Me,

And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],

Therefore, the Holy One of Israel says this,

“Because you have refused and rejected this word [of Mine]

And have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them,

“Because your raging against Me

And your arrogance has come up to My ears,

I will put My hook in your nose

And My bridle in your [fn]mouth,

And I will turn you back by the way you came.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

Because the LORD has anointed and commissioned me

To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;

He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,

To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives

And freedom to prisoners,

I will destine you for the sword, [says the LORD],

And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,

Because when I called, you did not answer;

When I spoke, you did not listen or obey.

But you did [what was] evil in My sight

And chose that in which I did not delight.”

So I will choose their punishments,

And will bring the things they dread upon them

Because I called, but no one answered;

I spoke, but they did not listen or obey.

But they did evil in My sight

And chose that in which I did not delight.”

Therefore, thus says the LORD God of hosts,

“Because you [people] have spoken this word,

Behold, I am making My words a fire in your mouth [Jeremiah]

And this people wood, and My words will consume them.

“Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,