Jeremiah 42:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

For ye

Dissembled in your hearts

Numbers 16:38

James 1:22

Bible References

For ye

Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to Me with all her heart—only in pretense.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart

to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.

Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

Iniquities overwhelm me;
only You can atone for our rebellions.

“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and have put sinful stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him by what He said.

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

Dissembled in your hearts

As for the firepans of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord, and the firepans are holy. They will be a sign to the Israelites.”

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.