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Jeremiah 26:6
6then I will make this house [the temple] like Shiloh, and I will make this city [subject to] the curse of all nations of the earth [because it will be so vile in their sight].” ’ ”
Jeremiah 26:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”
Context of Jeremiah 26:6
4And you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “If you will not listen to Me and obey My law which I have set before you, 5and listen and follow [carefully] the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you repeatedly—though you have not listened— then I will make this house [the temple] like Shiloh, and I will make this city [subject to] the curse of all nations of the earth [because it will be so vile in their sight].” ’ ” 7The priests and the [false] prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. 8Now when Jeremiah finished proclaiming everything that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the [false] prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You must die!
Read all of Jeremiah 26Jeremiah 26:6 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֛י אֶת־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה כְּשִׁלֹ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לִקְלָלָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then will I makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
- this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- like Shilohשִׁלוֹshîylôh shilôh shîylô shilô · ShilohH7887
- this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- a curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
- to all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Jeremiah 26:6
- Jeremiah 7:12“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh [in Ephraim], where I first set My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought; Israel was defeated and every man fled to his tent. It was a very great defeat, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
- Psalms 78:60So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, The tent in which He had dwelled among men,
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
- Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;
- Jeremiah 29:22Because of them, this curse shall be taken up and used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,
- Jeremiah 42:18For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and My wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will become detested, an object of horror, a curse and a people scorned; and you will no longer see this place.”
- Jeremiah 44:8Why do you [deliberately] provoke Me to anger with the works (idols) of your hands, burning sacrifices and incense to [make-believe] gods in the land of Egypt, where you [of your own accord] have come to live [as temporary residents], that you might be cut off and become a curse and a disgrace [an object of taunts] among all the nations of the earth?
- 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender (receptive, penitent) and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I said against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,” declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 43:28So I will profane the officials of the sanctuary, And I will consign Jacob to destruction and [I will subject] Israel to defamation and abuse.
- Isaiah 65:15And you will leave your name behind to My chosen ones [who will use it] as a curse, And the Lord God will put you to death, But He will call His servants by another name [a much greater name, just as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].
- Daniel 9:11Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us and the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
- Malachi 4:6He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 26:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The ancestors of the people chose disobedience, which led to the destruction of their sanctuary at Shiloh, north of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 7:12–15; 1 Samuel 1–4). In the same way, if the people in Jeremiah's time continued to disobey the covenant commands, the Temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. like Shiloh--(see on Jr 7:12, 14; 1Sa 4:10-12; Psa 78:60). curse--(Jr 24:9; Is 65:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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