Jeremiah 44:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
But they did not listenשָֽׁמְעוּ֙
(sha·me·'u)
8085: to heara prim. root
or inclineהִטּ֣וּ
(hit·tu)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
their earsאָזְנָ֔ם
(a·ze·nam,)
241: an earfrom an unused word
to turnלָשׁ֖וּב
(la·shuv)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
from their wickedness, 
 
7463a: evil, misery, distress, injuryfrom the same as roa
so as not to burn sacrificesקַטֵּ֖ר
(kat·ter)
6999: to make sacrifices smokedenominative verb from qetoreth
to otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃
(a·che·rim.)
312: anotherfrom achar
gods.לֵאלֹהִ֥ים
(le·lo·him)
430: God, godpl. of eloah


















KJV Lexicon
But they hearkened
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not nor inclined
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
their ear
'ozen  (o'-zen)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) -- + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
to turn
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
from their wickedness
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
to burn no incense
qatar  (kaw-tar')
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship) -- burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
unto other
'acher  (akh-air')
hinder; generally, next, other, etc. -- (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
gods
'elohiym  (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods.

King James Bible
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

International Standard Version
But they didn't listen or pay attention by turning from their wickedness and not offering sacrifices to other gods.

NET Bible
But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But you wouldn't listen or pay attention. You wouldn't turn from your wicked ways and wouldn't stop burning incense as an offering to other gods.

King James 2000 Bible
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
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