Jeremiah 6:18

Jeremiah 6:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore hear, you nations; you who are witnesses, observe what will happen to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore hear, you nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.

Context of Jeremiah 6:18

16This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, “We won’t!” 17I appointed watchmen over you and said, “Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.” But they protested, “We won’t listen!” Therefore listen, you nations and you witnesses, learn what the charge is against them. 19Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction. 20What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.

Jeremiah 6:18 word by word

לָכֵ֖ן שִׁמְע֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּדְעִ֥י עֵדָ֖ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• ye nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• O congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:18

• Jeremiah 4:10I said, “Oh no, Lord God, you have certainly deceived this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
• Jeremiah 31:10Nations, hear the word of the Lord, and tell it among the far off coasts and islands! Say, “The one who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,
• Deuteronomy 29:24All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger?’
• Psalms 50:4On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:
• Isaiah 5:3So now, residents of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
• Micah 6:5My people, remember what King Balak of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove to Gilgal so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:18

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-30Verses 18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19All the nations would know that disaster had come to the Lord’s people because they rejected his word (Jeremiah 19:3; Proverbs 1:31; Isaiah 1:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. congregation--parallel to "nations"; it therefore means the gathered peoples who are invited to be witnesses as to how great is the perversity of the Israelites (Jr 6:16, 17), and that they deserve the severe punishment about to be inflicted on them (Jr 6:19). what is among them--what deeds are committed by the Israelites (Jr 6:16, 17) [Maurer]. Or, "what punishments are about to be inflicted on them" [Calvin].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach
• soul, self

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings