Jeremiah 10:18

Jeremiah 10:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
• New International Version (NIV)For this is what the Lord says: “At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, that they may feel it."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will throw out at this time The inhabitants of the land, And will distress them, That they may find it so.”

Context of Jeremiah 10:18

16The Portion of Jacob is not like these; For He is the Maker of everything, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of armies is His name. 17Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who live under siege! For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And I will cause them distress, So that they may be found.” 19Woe to me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, “This certainly is a sickness, And I must endure it.” 20My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken. My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.

Jeremiah 10:18 word by word

כִּֽי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י קוֹלֵ֛עַ אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֑את וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי לָהֶ֖ם לְמַ֥עַן יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• For thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• slingingקָלַעqâla‛ · to slingH7049
• the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• At thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• timeפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• And I will causeצָרַרtsârar · to constrainH6887
• them distressצָרַרtsârar · to confineH6887
• Soמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:18

• Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people. Send them away from My presence and have them go!
• Jeremiah 16:13So I will hurl you off this land to the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night, because I will show you no compassion.’
• Deuteronomy 28:63And it will come about that, just as the Lord rejoiced over you to be good to you, and make you numerous, so will the Lord rejoice over you to wipe you out and destroy you; and you will be torn away from the land which you are entering to possess.
• 1 Samuel 25:29Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.
• Ezekiel 6:10Then they will know that I am the Lord; I have not said in vain that I would inflict this disaster on them.”’
• Zechariah 1:6But did My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, not overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the Lord of armies planned to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18I will sling out the inhabitants of the land - I will project you with violence from your country. I will send you all into captivity. This discourse, from Jeremiah 10:17, is supposed to have been delivered in the eleventh year of Jehoiakim.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Sling out - A similar metaphor for violent ejection occurs in Isaiah 22:18 (see the note). At this once - Or, “at this time.” Previous invasions had ended either in deliverance, or at most in temporary misfortune. God‘s long-suffering is exhausted, and this time Judaea must cease to be an independent nation. That they may find it so - Omit “so,” and explain either (1) “I will distress them” with the rigors of a siege “that they may feel it, i. e., the…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. 17-18This brief decree about the upcoming exile is likely related to the first Babylonian invasion of Judah in 605 BC (see study note on Daniel 1:1). However, it might also refer to the invasions in 597, 586, or 581 BC, when some people of Judah were exiled (see Jeremiah 52:28–30). I will sling out: This phrase may include refugees who fled to nearby countries and those taken to Babylon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. sling out--expressing the violence and suddenness of the removal to Babylon. A similar image occurs in Jr 16:13; 1Sa 25:29; Is 22:17, 18. at this once--at this time, now. find it so--find it by experience, that is, feel it (Eze 6:10). Michaelis translates, "I will bind them together (as in a sling) that they may reach the goal" (Babylon). English Version is best: "that they may find it so as I have said" (Nu 23:19; Eze 6:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 10:18

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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