Jeremiah 26:6

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

4Tell them that the Lord says this: “You must obey me. I have given you my laws that tell you how you should live. 5You must listen to the messages that my servants the prophets tell you. I have sent them to speak to you many times, but you have not listened to them. So if you do not obey me, I will destroy this temple, as I destroyed Shiloh. People of all the other nations on earth will use the name of this city as a curse.” ’ 7The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah's message in the Lord's temple. 8Jeremiah said everything that the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. Just as he finished, some of the priests, the prophets, and the people took hold of him. They shouted, ‘You deserve to die!

Jeremiah 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“Go to Shiloh, and see what I did there. It was the first place that I chose where people would worship me. But I destroyed it because of the wicked things that my people, the Israelites, did.
• 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines did fight strongly and they won again. They killed 30,000 Israelite soldiers in the battle. The other Israelite soldiers all ran home.
• Psalms 78:60He went away from his home at Shiloh. That was the tent where he lived among people.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will send great trouble to punish them. It will make everyone afraid. The people of all the kingdoms on the earth will think that they are disgusting. People will insult them. They will use them as an example in proverbs. They will use their name as a curse. That will happen in all the places where I send my people.
• Jeremiah 25:18I went to Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah. I made the people of Judah, its kings and its officers drink from the cup. It was to destroy them all. Judah would become a terrible place. People would see that its people are very foolish. They would use their name as a curse. That is already happening today.
• Jeremiah 29:22They will be an example to the people of Judah who are now living in Babylon. When they want to curse someone, they will say, “May the Lord punish you in the same way that the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah and Ahab. He burned them to death in a fire!”
• Jeremiah 42:18The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says, “If you go to Egypt, I will be very angry with you. I punished the people of Jerusalem because I was very angry with them. I will be as angry as that with you, if you go to Egypt. Other people will think that you are disgusting. They will insult you. They will use your name as a curse, because God has cursed you. You will never see this land of Judah again.”
• Jeremiah 44:8You continue to make me angry because of the things that you are doing. You are offering sacrifices to the gods of Egypt, where you now live. As a result, you will destroy yourselves. The people of all the other nations will use your name as a curse. They will all laugh at you.
• 2 Kings 22:19When you heard the message that I had spoken, you were very upset. You made yourself humble to respect me. You tore your clothes and you wept. You did that when you heard how I would punish this place and the people who live here. I said that I would destroy this place so that people would use its name as a curse. Because you became so upset, I have heard your prayer.
• Isaiah 43:28So I caused the priests of your temple to become ashamed. I caused enemies to destroy Israel. I let them insult Jacob's descendants.’
• Isaiah 65:15My own people will use your names when they curse others. The Almighty Lord will kill you, but he will give to his servants another name.
• Daniel 9:11All the people of Israel have turned away from your laws. We have refused to obey you. Your servant Moses gave us your laws. He warned us about your punishments. Now you have punished us in the way that he said. We have turned away from you.
• Malachi 4:6He will speak my message, so that fathers and their children return together to me. Then I will not have to come and bring punishment on the land.’

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 26:6

• Impenitence
• Indictments
• Minister, Christian
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Shiloh
• Curse
• Jehoiakim
• Jeremiah (2)
• Priests and Levites
• Shiloh (2)
• Baruch

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