Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
*‖And yee haue done worse then your fathers, (for behold, yee walke euerie one after the imagination of his euill heart, that they may not hearken vnto me.)
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, stubburnnesse.
- *Cross-referenceChap.7.26.
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- Jeremiah 13:10Rank 1 from verse 12
10This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
10‖This euill people which refuse to heare my words, which walke in the imagination of their heart, and walke after other Gods to serue them and to worship them, shall euen be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
- Jeremiah 7:26Rank 2 from verse 12
- Ecclesiastes 9:3Rank 3 from verse 12
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
3This is an euill among all things that are done vnder the Sunne, that there is one euent vnto all: yea also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnesse is in their heart while they liue, and after that they goe to the dead.
- Jeremiah 9:14Rank 4 from verse 12
- 1 Samuel 15:23Rank 5 from verse 12
23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
23For rebellion is as the sin of †witchcraft, and stubburnnesse is as iniquitie and idolatrie: because thou hast reiected the word of the LORD, he hath also reiected thee from being king.
- Jeremiah 7:24Rank 6 from verse 12
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
24‖†But they hearkened not, nor inclined their eare, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their euill heart, and went backward, and not forward.
- Judges 2:19Rank 7 from verse 12
19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
19And it came to passe *when the Iudge was dead, that they returned, and ‖corrupted themselues more then their fathers, in following other gods, to serue them, and to bow downe vnto them: they †ceased not from their owne doings, nor from their stubborne way.
- 2 Timothy 3:13Rank 9 from verse 12
- Deuteronomy 29:19Rank 10 from verse 12
19And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
19And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the ‖imagination of mine heart, to adde †drunkennesse to thirst:
- Deuteronomy 9:27Rank 11 from verse 12
- Ecclesiastes 8:12Rank 12 from verse 12
12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
12¶ *Though a sinner doe euill an hundred times, and his dayes be prolonged; yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that feare God, which feare before him.
- Genesis 6:5Rank 13 from verse 12
5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
5¶ And God saw, that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, and that ‖euery imagination of the thoughts of his *heart was onely euill †continually.
- Genesis 8:21Rank 14 from verse 12
21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
21And the LORD smelled a †sweete sauour, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the *imagination of mans heart is euil from his youth: neither will I againe smite any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done.
- Hebrews 3:12Rank 15 from verse 12
- Jeremiah 17:9Rank 16 from verse 12
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Jeremiah 16:12
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
In a manner more evil or bad.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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imagination
A thought, design, purpose, conception, plan, or reasoning formed in the heart or mind.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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11Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
11Then shalt thou say vnto them; Because your fathers haue forsaken me, saith the LORD, and haue walked after other Gods, and haue serued them, and haue worshipped them, and haue forsaken mee, and haue not kept my law:
12And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
12*‖And yee haue done worse then your fathers, (for behold, yee walke euerie one after the imagination of his euill heart, that they may not hearken vnto me.)
Selected passage13Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
13*Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that yee knowe not, neither yee, nor your fathers, and there shall yee serue other Gods day and night, where I will not shewe you fauour.