Jeremiah 10:20

Jeremiah 10:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
• New International Version (NIV)My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My children are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My tent is plundered, And all my cords are broken; My children have gone from me, And they are no more. There is no one to pitch my tent anymore, Or set up my curtains.

Context of Jeremiah 10:20

18This is what the Lord says: I am going to throw out those who live in the land at this time and cause trouble for them so that they will feel it. 19Oh, I’m wounded! My wound is serious. Then I thought that this is my punishment, and I will bear it. My tent is destroyed, and all my ropes are broken. My children have left me and have disappeared. There’s no one to set up my tent again or put up my tent curtains. 21The shepherds are foolish. They don’t look to the Lord for help. That is why they won’t succeed, and all their flocks will be scattered. 22The report has arrived. A tremendous uproar is coming from the land of the north. Its army will destroy Judah’s cities and make them homes for jackals.

Jeremiah 10:20 word by word

אָהֳלִ֣י שֻׁדָּ֔ד וְכָל־מֵיתָרַ֖י נִתָּ֑קוּ בָּנַ֤י יְצָאֻ֙נִי֙ וְאֵינָ֔ם אֵין־נֹטֶ֥ה עוֹד֙ אָהֳלִ֔י וּמֵקִ֖ים יְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• is spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• and all my cordsמֵיתָרmêythâr · cordH4340
• are brokenנָתַקnâthaq · to tearH5423
• my childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• are gone forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• none to stretch forthנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• any more, and to set upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• my curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:20

• Jeremiah 4:20One disaster follows another. The whole land is ruined. My tents are suddenly destroyed. Their curtains are torn in an instant.
• Isaiah 54:2Expand the space of your tent. Stretch out the curtains of your tent, and don’t hold back. Lengthen your tent ropes, and drive in the tent pegs.
• Lamentations 2:4Like an enemy he bent his bow. Like an opponent his right hand held the arrow steady. He killed all the beautiful people. He poured out his fury like fire on the tent of Zion’s people.
• Jeremiah 31:15This is what the Lord says: A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.
• Job 7:8The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I’ll be gone.
• Proverbs 12:7Overthrow wicked people, and they are no more, but the families of righteous people continue to stand.
• Isaiah 49:20The children taken from you will say to you, “This place is too crowded for me. Make room for me to live here.”
• Isaiah 51:16I put my words in your mouth and sheltered you in the palm of my hand. I stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and said to Zion, “You are my people.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20My tabernacle is spoiled - The city is taken, and all our villages ruined and desolated.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-25Verses 19-25 The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy. Jeremiah 10:19 Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable. A grief - Or, “my grief.” Jeremiah 10:20 tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 The Jews who continued in their own land, felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that its threatenings are not empty terrors. Submission will support the believer under every grief allotted to him; but what can render the load of Divine vengeance easy to be borne by those who fall under it in sullen despair? Those cannot expect to prosper, who do not, by faith and prayer, take God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Jeremiah's cherished hometown, Anathoth, was destroyed, and even the children were taken away. This happened to the whole nation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. tabernacle is spoiled--metaphor from the tents of nomadic life; as these are taken down in a few moments, so as not to leave a vestige of them, so Judea (Jr 4:20). cords--with which the coverings of the tent are extended. curtains--tent-curtains.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 10:20

• Backsliders
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 10

• 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