Jeremiah 6:26

Jeremiah 6:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
• New International Version (NIV)Put on sackcloth, my people, and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.

Context of Jeremiah 6:26

24The people say, ‘We have heard news about them, and we are very frightened. We feel too weak to fight. We are afraid and in pain, like a woman who is giving birth. 25Do not go out into the fields. Do not travel on the roads. Our enemies are everywhere. They have their swords ready to attack us. Danger is all around us.’ So I say, ‘My dear people, show that you are sorry. Wear sackcloth and sit in ashes. Weep and cry aloud, as if your only child had died. Realize that the enemy's army will soon be here and they are ready to destroy us.’ 27The Lord said to me, ‘I have sent you to test my people. Test them like someone tests metal. Watch them carefully, to see how they live. 28They have completely turned against God. They refuse to change their minds. They tell lies against people, and they cheat them.

Jeremiah 6:26 word by word

בַּת־עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי־שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל יָחִיד֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ מִסְפַּ֖ד תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים כִּ֣י פִתְאֹ֔ם יָבֹ֥א הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד עָלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• with sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• and wallowפָּלַשׁpâlash · to wallowH6428
• thyself in ashesאֵ֫פֶר'êpher · ashesH665
• makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thee mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60
• an only sonיָחִידyâchîyd · onlyH3173
• most bitterתַּמְרוּרtamrûr · bitternessH8563
• lamentationמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
• for the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• shall suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:26

• Jeremiah 6:14They tell my people that their wounds are not bad. They say to them, “No problem! You will have peace!” But there will be no peace for my people.
• Jeremiah 4:11The Lord will tell the people at that time, ‘A hot wind will blow from the hills in the desert. It will not be a little wind that blows chaff from wheat. It will be a strong storm that blows away the people that I love.
• Jeremiah 8:19Listen to my dear people! They are calling out for help everywhere in the land. They are saying, “Is the Lord still with us in Zion? Is he still there to rule us as our King?” ’ The Lord replies, ‘They worship images of false gods. and useless foreign idols. That has made me very angry.’
• Jeremiah 9:1‘My head should be like a pool of water. My eyes should be like a river of tears. Then I would never stop crying for my dear people who have died in war.
• Jeremiah 14:17Say this to the people, Jeremiah: “Tears pour from my eyes all the time. I weep through each day and each night. I am sad about my own dear people. A great trouble has knocked them to the ground. They have received a very bad wound.
• Isaiah 22:4So I say, ‘Leave me alone! Let me weep with many tears. The enemy has killed many of my people, so do not try to comfort me.’
• Lamentations 2:11I have cried so much that my eyes are red now. Even the parts inside my body hurt, because my people are dying. I feel ill because I am so sad. The children and babies fall in the city's streets because they are so weak.
• Lamentations 3:48I weep, and my eyes are red with all my tears. It is because the enemy has killed my people.
• Lamentations 4:3Even the jackals feed their babies at their breasts. But Jerusalem's young women have become cruel. They are like ostriches that leave their eggs in the desert.
• Jeremiah 4:8So wear rough sackcloth! Weep and cry aloud. Say, “The Lord is still very angry with us.” ’
• Jeremiah 25:33At that time, dead bodies will lie everywhere, all over the earth. Those will be people that the Lord has killed. Nobody will weep for them. Nobody will take their bodies to bury them in the ground. Their dead bodies will lie on the ground like dung.
• Isaiah 32:11You think that you have no problems, but you should be afraid. Yes, shake with fear! Take off all your beautiful clothes. Tie rough cloth round your legs instead.
• Ezekiel 27:30They will weep loudly because they are very upset about you. They will throw dirt on their heads. They will lie down in ashes.
• Micah 1:8Because of what God has said, I will cry aloud. And I will weep. I will walk about without shoes or clothes. I will scream like a wild dog, and I will cry like a bird in the night.
• Jeremiah 13:17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land.
• Isaiah 22:12At that time, the Lord Almighty told you to be very sad and weep. He told you to cut all the hair off your heads and to wear rough clothes.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:26

• 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. 26Jeremiah told the people to wear burlap and sit in ashes to show regret for their sins and ask for God's mercy (Isaiah 58:5; Amos 8:10; Jonah 3:6; Micah 1:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. wallow ... in ashes--(Jr 25:34; Mi 1:10). As they usually in mourning only "cast ashes on the head," wallowing in them means something more, namely, so entirely to cover one's self with ashes as to be like one who had rolled in them (Eze 27:30). as for an only son--(Am 8:10; Zec 12:10). lamentation--literally, "lamentation expressed by beating the breast."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:26

• Sackcloth
• War

In the dictionaries

• Ashes
• Cruel
• Mount
• Mourn
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Bitter; Bitterness
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach
• destroy, destruction, annihilate

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