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Jeremiah 25:6
6And go not after other 1gods, to serve them and to worship them; and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Jeremiah 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’
Context of Jeremiah 25:6
4And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, 5when they said, Turn again now every one from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers from of old even for ever. And go not after other gods, to serve them and to worship them; and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 7But ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, to your own hurt. 8Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not listened to my words,
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:6 word by word
וְאַל־תֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְעָבְדָ֖ם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תַכְעִ֤יסוּ אוֹתִי֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָרַ֖ע לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:6
- Jeremiah 7:6[if] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
- Jeremiah 35:15And I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them; and ye shall dwell in the land that I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me.
- Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Deuteronomy 6:14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
- Deuteronomy 8:19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Jehovah thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall utterly perish.
- Deuteronomy 13:2and the sign or the wonder come to pass that he told unto thee, when he said, Let us go after other gods, whom thou hast not known, and let us serve them,
- Deuteronomy 28:14and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
- Joshua 24:20If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
- 1 Kings 11:4And it came to pass when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 14:22And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed more than all that their fathers had done.
- 2 Kings 17:35And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The Lord asked his people to stop doing evil things that made him angry. If they did, he would not harm them but would give them his promised blessings.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He instances one sin, idolatry, as representative of all their sins; as nothing is dearer to God than a pure worship of Himself.Read the comment
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- 1. Jeremiah 25:6 25.6 Elohim ↩
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
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- 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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