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

24We have heard the news about them. Our hands hang limp. We are gripped by anguish and pain like a woman giving birth to a child. 25Don’t go into the field or walk on the road. The enemy has a sword. Terror is all around. Wear sackcloth, and roll around in ashes, my people. Mourn as if you have lost your only child, and cry bitterly. The destroyer will suddenly attack us. 27“Jeremiah, I have put you in charge of testing and refining my people. You will know how to test their ways. 28They are all vicious rebels. They go around slandering. They are all like bronze and iron. They corrupt themselves.

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 treat my people’s wounds as though they were not serious, saying, ‘Everything is alright! Everything is alright!’ But it’s not alright.
• Jeremiah 4:11At that time it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem: “A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert on the tracks of my people. It will not be a wind that winnows or cleanses.
• Jeremiah 8:19The cry from my dear people comes from a distant land: “Isn’t the Lord in Zion? Isn’t Zion’s king still there?” They make me furious with their idols, with their foreign gods.
• Jeremiah 9:1“I wish that my head were ⌞filled with⌟ water and my eyes were a fountain of tears so that I could cry day and night for my dear people who have been killed.
• Jeremiah 14:17“Say this to them: ‘My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.’ ”
• Isaiah 22:4That is why I say, “Turn away from me so that I can cry bitterly. Don’t try to comfort me because of the destruction brought on my people.”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out with tears. My stomach is churning. My heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people. Little children and infants faint in the city streets.
• Lamentations 3:48“Streams of tears run down from my eyes over the ruin of my dear people.
• Lamentations 4:3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.
• Jeremiah 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry because the Lord’s burning anger hasn’t turned away from us.
• Jeremiah 25:33On that day those killed by the Lord will stretch from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, taken away, or buried. They will become like manure on the ground.
• Isaiah 32:11Shudder, you pampered women. Tremble, you overconfident women. Take off your clothes, walk around naked, and wear sackcloth around your waists.
• Ezekiel 27:30They cried loudly and bitterly over you. They put dust on their heads and covered themselves with ashes.
• Micah 1:8I will mourn and cry because of this. I will walk around barefoot and naked. I will cry like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
• Jeremiah 13:17If you won’t listen, I will cry secretly over your arrogance. I will cry bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.

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