Jeremiah 5:16

Jeremiah 5:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
• New International Version (NIV)Their quivers are like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty warriors.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their quiver is like an open tomb; They are all mighty men.

Context of Jeremiah 5:16

14Because of that, the Lord God Almighty said to me, ‘That is what the people are saying. So I will give you a strong message to speak to them. It will be like fire that comes out of your mouth. And the people will burn like wood in that fire.’ 15The Lord says this: ‘Listen to me, you people of Israel. I will bring an army to attack you. They will come from a nation that is far away. It is a strong nation that started long ago. You do not know their language. You cannot understand what they say. They are all brave soldiers. They shoot arrows that will kill you. 17They will eat all the crops in your fields and the food that you have stored. They will take your sons and your daughters for themselves. They will kill your sheep and your cows for food. They will eat all your grapes and your figs. They will attack your strong cities where you thought you would be safe. Their soldiers will knock down the walls.’ 18But the Lord says this: ‘Even at that time, I will not destroy you completely.

Jeremiah 5:16 word by word

אַשְׁפָּת֖וֹ כְּקֶ֣בֶר פָּת֑וּחַ כֻּלָּ֖ם גִּבּוֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their quiverאַשְׁפָּה'ashpâh · quiverH827
• as an openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• sepulchreקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• all mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:16

• Psalms 5:9My enemies never speak what is true. They only want to destroy people. Their mouth has the smell of an open grave. Their tongues say nice things, but they are all lies!
• Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharp. Their bows are ready to shoot. Their horses' feet are as hard as stones. The wheels of their chariots go round very fast.
• Romans 3:13Bad words come out of their mouth, like a very bad smell. They tell lies all the time, so that people do wrong things. The things that they say hurt people, like a snake's poison.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Their quiver is an open sepulcher - They are such exact archers as never to miss their mark; every arrow is sure to slay one man.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Their quiver - See Jeremiah 4:29, note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not willing to own any thing to be God's word, that tends to part them from, or to disquiet them in, their sins. Mocking and misusing the Lord's messengers, filled the measure of their iniquity. God can bring trouble upon us from places and causes very remote. He has mercy in store for his people…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17The well-trained and well-equipped Babylonian army treated their victims cruelly and destroyed everything valuable in the lands they conquered (see Habakkuk 1:6–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. open sepulchre--(Compare Psa 5:9). Their quiver is all-devouring, as the grave opened to receive the dead: as many as are the arrows, so many are the deaths.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 5:16

• Backsliders
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In the dictionaries

• Correction
• Deceit
• Quiver
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5

• 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