Jeremiah 5:21

5:21 Tell them: ‘Hear this,

you foolish people who have no understanding,

who have eyes but do not discern,

who have ears but do not perceive: ¹ 

Jeremiah 27:17

27:17 Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you ²  will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’” ³ 

Jeremiah 28:7

28:7 But listen to what I say to you and to all these people. ⁴ 

[5:21]  ¹ tn Heb “they have eyes but they do not see, they have ears but they do not hear.”

[27:17]  ² tn The imperative with vav (ו) here and in v. 12 after another imperative are a good example of the use of the imperative to introduce a consequence. (See GKC 324-25 §110.f and see Gen 42:18. This is a common verb in this idiom.)

[27:17]  ³ tn According to E. W. Bullinger (Figures of Speech, 954) both this question and the one in v. 13 are examples of rhetorical questions of prohibition / “don’t let this city be made a pile of rubble.”

[28:7]  ³ tn Heb “Listen to this word/message which I am about to speak in your ears and the ears of all these people.”