Jeremiah 29:18

Jeremiah 29:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
• New International Version (NIV)I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

Context of Jeremiah 29:18

16But this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David’s throne and about all the people who live in this city, the people who are your relatives and who weren’t taken away as captives: 17The Lord of Armies says: I’m going to send them wars, famines, and plagues. These people are like rotten figs to me, figs that are so bad that they can’t be eaten. I will chase them with wars, famines, and plagues. I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms on the earth. They will become something cursed, ridiculed, and hissed at, and they will be a disgrace among all the nations where I scatter them. 19They didn’t listen to me, declares the Lord. I sent them my servants the prophets again and again, but they refused to listen, declares the Lord. 20So listen to the Lord’s word, all you captives who were sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:18 word by word

וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙ אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר וּנְתַתִּ֨ים לְזַעֲוָ֜ה לְכֹ֣ל׀ מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֗רֶץ לְאָלָ֤ה וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה בְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־הִדַּחְתִּ֥ים שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will persecuteרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• themאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• with the famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• and with the pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• and will deliverנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• them to be removedזְוָעָהzevâ‛âh · tremblingH2113
• them to be removedזַעֲוָהza‛ăvâh · horrorH2189
• to all the kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to be a curseאָלָה'âlâh · oathH423
• and an astonishmentשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• and an hissingשְׁרֵקָהsherêqâh · hissingH8322
• and a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• among all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• whither I have drivenנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080

Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:18

• Jeremiah 15:4I will make these people a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms on the earth. This will happen because of what Judah’s King Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, did in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.
• Jeremiah 34:17“This is what the Lord says: You didn’t obey me. You haven’t freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,” declares the Lord. “I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.
• Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.
• Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will let your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction but run away from them in seven directions. You will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms in the world.
• 2 Chronicles 29:8So the Lord was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. He made them something that shocks and terrifies people and that people ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes.
• Psalms 44:11You hand us over to be butchered like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
• Ezekiel 6:8“ ‘But I will let some people live. Some people will escape the battle among the nations and be scattered throughout the countries.
• Ezekiel 12:15Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will scatter them among the nations and force them into other countries.
• Ezekiel 22:15I will scatter you among the nations and force you into other countries. I will put an end to your uncleanness.
• Ezekiel 36:19I forced them into other nations, and they became scattered among the nations. I judged them based on the way that they lived and based on everything that they had done.
• Amos 9:9I’m going to give the order. I will sift the nation of Israel out of all the nations as if I were using a sieve. Not one pebble will fall to the ground.
• Zechariah 7:14I used a windstorm to scatter them among all the nations, nations they hadn’t even heard of. They left behind a land so ruined that no one is able to travel through it. They have turned a pleasant land into a wasteland.”
• Luke 21:24Swords will cut them down, and they will be carried off into all nations as prisoners. Nations will trample Jerusalem until the times allowed for the nations ⌞to do this⌟ are over.
• Jeremiah 29:22Because of them, all the captives from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: May the Lord curse you as he cursed Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned to death.
• Jeremiah 19:8I will devastate this city. It will become something to hiss at. Everyone who goes by it will be stunned and hiss with contempt at all the disasters that happen to it.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 29:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-20Verses 16-20 These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in Egypt when Jeremiah died, copied probably with extreme haste, and with no opportunity of careful collation afterward. On the other hand the Hebrew text represents no hurried transcript, but the original manuscript, and is especially trustworthy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it appears, that the seventy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-18The Lord reminded the exiles in Babylon that those left in Jerusalem would also face disaster. The bad figs in Jerusalem would experience horror later (see Jeremiah 24:6–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. removed to all ... kingdoms--(Jr 15:4; De 28:25). curse, &c.--(Jr 29:6; 18:16; 19:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 29:18

• Captivity
• Wicked (People)

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• Epistle
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• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 29

• 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