Proverbs 1:24
"Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Because I have called, and ye refused,.... This is to be understood not of the internal call of Wisdom, or Christ, which is by the special grace of his Spirit; is according to an eternal purpose, the fruit of everlasting love, peculiar to God's elect, and by a divine power; and is also

a call to special blessings of grace, and to eternal glory; and which is always effectual, unchangeable, and irreversible, and can never be refused, rejected, and resisted, so as to become void and of no effect: but of the external call by the word, to the natural duties of religion, and to an attendance on the means of grace; which may be where no election goes before, no sanctification attends, nor salvation follows, Mat 20:16 ; and this may be refused and rejected, as it often is; as when men, notwithstanding that call, do not attend on the ministry of the word, or, if they do, it is in a negligent careless way; or, they show an aversion to it, despise, contradict, and blaspheme it, as the Jews did, who were the persons first called to hear it; see Mat 22:2 ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; this is a gesture of persons calling to others, as orators and preachers, requiring silence and attention; and when eager and fervent, and importunate in their discourses; it is attributed to Christ, Isa 65:2 ; but, notwithstanding all Wisdom's eagerness, zeal, warmth, and importunity, expressed by words and gestures, it was all disregarded; no attention was given to it, which is here complained of.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (7 words)

H3282 יַעַן
Definition:

—1aspreposition, rarely with a substantive,Ezekiel 5:9יַעַן תּוֺעֲבוֺתֵיכֶם,Haggai 1:9יַעַן מָה,Haggai 1:9יַעַן בֵּיתִי; with a participleEzekiel 36:13יען אמריםbecause of men sayingto you (but read pr —1aspreposition, rarely with a substantive,Ezekiel 5:9יַעַן תּוֺעֲבוֺתֵיכֶם,Haggai 1:9יַעַן מָה,Haggai 1:9יַעַן בֵּיתִי; with a participleEzekiel 36:13יען אמריםbecause of men sayingto you (but read pr

Possible Meanings:
  • purpose (semantic_range)
  • intention (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
H7121 קָרָא
Definition:

9+, 3 feminine singular consecutiveוְקָרָזתIsaiah 7:14(Ges§ 74g); 2 masculine singularקָרָאתָJudges 12:1+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִקְרָאGenesis 2:19+; suffixיִקְרְאוֺJeremiah 23:6,אֵהוּ-Isa 9+, 3 feminine singular consecutiveוְקָרָזתIsaiah 7:14(Ges§ 74g); 2 masculine singularקָרָאתָJudges 12:1+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִקְרָאGenesis 2:19+; suffixיִקְרְאוֺJeremiah 23:6,אֵהוּ-Isa

Possible Meanings:
  • call (semantic_range)
  • read out (semantic_range)
  • aloud (semantic_range)
  • call (semantic_range)
  • proclaim (semantic_range)
H3985 מָאֵן
Definition:

144t.; feminine singularמֵאֲנָהJeremiah 15:183t.;מֵאַנְתָּExodus 10:3, etc.;ImperfectיְמָאֵןExodus 22:16;וַיְמָאֵןGenesis 37:358t. etc.;Inf.absמָאֵןExodus 22:16; —refuse, (followed by Infinitive excep 144t.; feminine singularמֵאֲנָהJeremiah 15:183t.;מֵאַנְתָּExodus 10:3, etc.;ImperfectיְמָאֵןExodus 22:16;וַיְמָאֵןGenesis 37:358t. etc.;Inf.absמָאֵןExodus 22:16; —refuse, (followed by Infinitive excep

Possible Meanings:
  • vessel (semantic_range)
  • utensil (semantic_range)
H5186 נָטָה
Definition:

19+; 3 feminine singularנָָֽכְתָהNumbers 22:33; 2masculine singularנָטִיתָExodus 15:12; 3pluralנָטוּPsalm 21:42;Isaiah 45:12,נָטָ֫יוּPsalm 73:2Qr, etc.;ImperfectיִטֶּהJob 15:29, jussiveיֵטZephaniah 2: 19+; 3 feminine singularנָָֽכְתָהNumbers 22:33; 2masculine singularנָטִיתָExodus 15:12; 3pluralנָטוּPsalm 21:42;Isaiah 45:12,נָטָ֫יוּPsalm 73:2Qr, etc.;ImperfectיִטֶּהJob 15:29, jussiveיֵטZephaniah 2:

Possible Meanings:
  • stretch out (semantic_range)
  • spread out (semantic_range)
  • extend (semantic_range)
  • incline (semantic_range)
  • bend (semantic_range)
H3027 יָד
Definition:

26+ often (masculineExodus 17:12see Di; onיִרְמּוּ יָדַיִם2 Samuel 4:1;Zephaniah 3:16; 2Chronicles 15:7;Nehemiah 6:9, see Ges§ 145, 7 a, R. 1)hand(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיְדָא,; ZinjirliידDHMSendsch.G 26+ often (masculineExodus 17:12see Di; onיִרְמּוּ יָדַיִם2 Samuel 4:1;Zephaniah 3:16; 2Chronicles 15:7;Nehemiah 6:9, see Ges§ 145, 7 a, R. 1)hand(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיְדָא,; ZinjirliידDHMSendsch.G

Possible Meanings:
  • power (semantic_range)
H0369 אַיִן
Definition:

23הַנּוֺתֵןרוֺזְנִים לְאָ֑יִןwho bringeth princesto nothing;כְּאַיִןas nothing, ib.Isaiah 40:17;Isaiah 41:11,12;Haggai 2:3;Psalm 39:6;almost(""כִּמְעַט)Psalm 73:2;מֵאַיִןof nothingIsaiah 41:24.2constr 23הַנּוֺתֵןרוֺזְנִים לְאָ֑יִןwho bringeth princesto nothing;כְּאַיִןas nothing, ib.Isaiah 40:17;Isaiah 41:11,12;Haggai 2:3;Psalm 39:6;almost(""כִּמְעַט)Psalm 73:2;מֵאַיִןof nothingIsaiah 41:24.2constr

Possible Meanings:
  • nought (semantic_range)
  • is not (semantic_range)
H7181 קָשַׁב
Definition:

3(subjectאזנים).Hiph`ilPerfect3masculine singularהִקְשִׁיבJeremiah 23:18;Psalm 66:19, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיַקְשִׁבIsaiah 42:23, etc.;Imperativemasculine singularהַקְשֵׁבJob 33:21, especia 3(subjectאזנים).Hiph`ilPerfect3masculine singularהִקְשִׁיבJeremiah 23:18;Psalm 66:19, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיַקְשִׁבIsaiah 42:23, etc.;Imperativemasculine singularהַקְשֵׁבJob 33:21, especia

Possible Meanings:
  • attentive (semantic_range)

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