New English Translation
Jeremiah 33:5
5‘The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.
Jeremiah 33:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
- New International Version (NIV)in the fight with the Babylonians: ‘They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.
Context of Jeremiah 33:5
3‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’ 4For I, the Lord God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians: ‘The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done. 6But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security. 7I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.
Read all of Jeremiah 33Jeremiah 33:5 word by word
בָּאִ֗ים לְהִלָּחֵם֙ אֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וּלְמַלְאָם֙ אֶת־פִּגְרֵ֣י הָאָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הִכֵּ֥יתִי בְאַפִּ֖י וּבַחֲמָתִ֑י וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר הִסְתַּ֤רְתִּי פָנַי֙ מֵהָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את עַ֖ל כָּל־רָעָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- They comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
- with the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
- to fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- them with the dead bodiesפֶּ֫גֶרpeger · corpseH6297
- of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- whom I have slainנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- in mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- and in my furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
- and for all whose wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
- I have hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- from this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
Cross-references for Jeremiah 33:5
- Jeremiah 21:4that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.
- Jeremiah 32:5Zedekiah will be carried off to Babylon and will remain there until I have fully dealt with him. I, the Lord, affirm it! Even if you continue to fight against the Babylonians, you cannot win.’”
- Jeremiah 37:9Moreover, I, the Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.
- Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”
- Jeremiah 21:10For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”
- Deuteronomy 31:17At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’
- Deuteronomy 32:20He said, “I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.
- Isaiah 64:7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.
- Ezekiel 39:23The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile due to their iniquity, for they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies; all of them died by the sword.
- Ezekiel 39:24According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.
- Micah 3:4Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 33:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Render, They, i. e., the Jews come to fight with the Chaldaeans, and to fill them, i. e., the houses, with the dead bodies etc.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The men were doomed because the Lord had decided to destroy the city.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. They--the Jews; the defenders of the "houses" (Jr 33:4), "come forward to fight with the Chaldeans," who burst into the city through the "thrown-down houses," but all the effect that they produce "is, to fill them (the houses) with" their own "dead bodies."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 33
- 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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