Jeremiah 25:6

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

4The Lord has also sent his servants, the prophets, to speak to you many times. You have refused to listen to them too. 5The Lord's message to you was, “Turn away from your wicked way of life. Stop doing the evil things that you are doing. If you do that, you may continue to live in this land. It is the land that the Lord gave to you and to your ancestors to be their home for ever. Do not look for other gods that you can serve and worship. Do not continue to do things that make me angry. Then I will not hurt you.” 7So now the Lord says, “You have refused to listen to my messages. You have continued to do things that make me angry. So you have brought trouble on yourselves.” 8The Lord Almighty says, “You have not listened to my messages.

Jeremiah 25:6 word by word

וְאַל־תֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְעָבְדָ֖ם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תַכְעִ֤יסוּ אוֹתִי֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָרַ֖ע לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• not afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• to serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• them, and to worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• them, and provoke me not to angerכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• with the worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• and I will do you no hurtרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489

Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:6

• Jeremiah 7:6Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not be cruel to widows, or to children who have no family. You must stop murdering people. You must stop worshipping other gods. If you live like that, it will destroy you.
• Jeremiah 35:15I have sent my servants the prophets to warn you many times. They told you, ‘You must all stop doing wicked things. Instead, start doing the things that are right. Do not serve other gods and worship them. Then you will continue to live in this land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.’ But you did not listen to my message. You did not obey me.
• Exodus 20:3You must not have any other gods except me.
• Deuteronomy 6:14Do not try to serve other gods. They are the gods that the people who live around you worship.
• Deuteronomy 8:19But if you forget the Lord your God, he will destroy you. If you turn to other gods and you worship them, I warn you now: God will certainly destroy you!
• Deuteronomy 13:2He may say that you should start to worship other gods that you did not know about before. The miracles may happen, as he promised,
• Deuteronomy 28:14You must continue to obey all the commands that I am giving you today. Do not turn away from them to do anything else. Do not try to worship other gods.
• Joshua 24:20If you turn away from the Lord and you serve foreign gods, he will turn against you. He has been kind and he has helped you until now. But he will bring trouble to you and he will destroy you, if you turn away from him.’
• 1 Kings 11:4When Solomon became old, his wives caused him to serve other gods. Solomon no longer completely loved the Lord his God as his father David had done.
• 1 Kings 14:22The people of Judah did things that the Lord said were evil. Their sins caused the Lord to be very angry. They did worse things than their ancestors had done.
• 2 Kings 17:35The Lord made a covenant with the descendants of Israel. He said to them, ‘Do not worship any other gods. Do not bend down low to give them honour. Do not serve them. Do not offer any sacrifices 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 25:6

• Babylon
• Captivity
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Controversy
• Refuse
• Servant
• Genesis
• Jeremiah (2)

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
• 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