Jeremiah 18:14

Jeremiah 18:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
• New International Version (NIV)Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Does the snow of Lebanon leave the crags of Sirion? Do the mountain waters run dry, the cold flowing streams?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon, Which comes from the rock of the field? Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?

Context of Jeremiah 18:14

12But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” 13Therefore, the Lord says, “Ask the people of other nations whether they have heard of anything like this. Israel should have been like a virgin. But she has done something utterly revolting! Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow? 15Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level. 16So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.

Jeremiah 18:14 word by word

הֲיַעֲזֹ֥ב מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַ֖י שֶׁ֣לֶג לְבָנ֑וֹן אִם־יִנָּתְשׁ֗וּ מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the snowשֶׁ֫לֶגsheleg · snowH7950
• of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• from the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• of the fieldשָׂדַיώâdeh ώâday · SirionH7704
• shall the coldקַרqar · coolH7119
• flowingנָזַלnâzal · to flowH5140
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• that come from another placeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• be forsakenנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:14

• John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon - Lebanon was the highest mountain in Judea. Would any man in his senses abandon a farm that was always watered by the melted snows of Lebanon, and take a barren rock in its place? How stupid therefore and absurd are my people, who abandon the everlasting God for the worship of idols!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Rather, “Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?” The meaning probably is, “Will the snow of Lebanon fail from its rocks which tower above the land of Israel?” The appeal of the prophet is to the unchangeableness of one of nature‘s most beautiful phenomena, the perpetual snow upon the upper summits of Lebanon. Shall the cold … - literally, “shall the strange, i. e., foreign, “cool, down-flowing waters be plucked up?” The general sense…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to be a slave to his lusts, is the very worst slavery. They forsook God for idols. When men are parched with heat, and meet with cooling, refreshing streams, they use them. In these things men will not leave a certainty for an uncertainty; but Israel left the ancient paths appointed by the Divine law. They walked not in the highway, in which they might travel safely, but in a way in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The answer to these two rhetorical questions was “No.” The snow and streams of the mountaintops of Lebanon were always reliable. In contrast, the Lord’s people were not reliable. The ancient highways represented a life of faithfulness to the covenant (Jeremiah 6:16), while the muddy paths symbolized a life of self-serving paganism.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Is there any man (living near it) who would leave the snow of Lebanon (that is, the cool melted snow water of Lebanon, as he presently explains), which cometh from the rock of the field (a poetical name for Lebanon, which towers aloft above the surrounding field, or comparatively plain country)? None. Yet Israel forsakes Jehovah, the living fountain close at hand, for foreign broken cisterns. Jr 17:13; 2:13, accord with English Version here. Maurer…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:14

• Backsliders
• Church
• Idolatry
• Lebanon
• Snow

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• 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