New American Standard Bible 2020
Jeremiah 4:17
17Like watchmen of a field they are 1against her all around, Because she has 2rebelled against Me,’ declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 4:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,’ ” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like keepers of a field are they against her all around, because she has rebelled against me, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Like keepers of a field they are against her all around, Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 4:17
15For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim. 16“Report it to the nations, now! Proclaim to Jerusalem, ‘Enemies are coming from a remote country, And they raise their voices against the cities of Judah. Like watchmen of a field they are against her all around, Because she has rebelled against Me,’ declares the Lord. 18Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things upon you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!” 19My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot keep silent, Because, my soul, you have heard The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
Read all of Jeremiah 4Jeremiah 4:17 word by word
כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י שָׂדַ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ מִסָּבִ֑יב כִּי־אֹתִ֥י מָרָ֖תָה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:17
- Jeremiah 6:2The beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will destroy.
- 2 Kings 25:1Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a siege wall all around it.
- Isaiah 1:8The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a city under watch.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will put up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
- Luke 21:29And He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees:
- Jeremiah 5:23But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.
- Nehemiah 9:26“But they became rebellious and revolted against You, And threw Your Law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who had admonished them In order to bring them back to You, And they committed great blasphemies.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 30:9For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the Lord;
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an object of ridicule. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away.
- Ezekiel 2:3Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have revolted against Me to this very day.
- Daniel 9:7“Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17As keepers of a field - In the eastern countries grain is often sown in the open country; and, when nearly ripe, guards are placed at different distances round about it to preserve it from being plundered. Jerusalem was watched, like one of these fields, by guards all round about it; so that none could enter to give assistance, and none who wished to escape were permitted to go out.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Jeremiah compares the tents of the besiegers on guard round Jerusalem to the booths erected by shepherds or farmers for the protection of their flocks or produce.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-18Verses 5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser calamities do not rouse sinners…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Foreign armies had already surrounded the capital city. The attack was coming because the people rebelled against the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. keepers of a field--metaphor from those who watch a field, to frighten away the wild beasts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 4
- 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
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