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Jeremiah 10:17
17Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!
Jeremiah 10:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
- New International Version (NIV)Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Pack your bags and prepare to leave; the siege is about to begin.
Context of Jeremiah 10:17
15They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish. 16The Portion of Jacob is not like them, For He is the Maker of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of hosts is His name. Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress! 18For 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.” 19Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, “Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it.”
Read all of Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 10:17 word by word
אִסְפִּ֥י מֵאֶ֖רֶץ כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְ יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:17
- Jeremiah 6:1“O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem; For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction.
- Ezekiel 12:3“Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for captivity, and go into captivity by day in their sight. You shall go from your place into captivity to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
- Micah 2:10“Arise and depart, For this is not your rest; Because it is defiled, it shall destroy, Yes, with utter destruction.
- Matthew 24:15“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),
- Jeremiah 21:13“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, And rock of the plain,” says the Lord, “Who say, ‘Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter our dwellings?’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Gather up thy wares - Pack up your goods, or what necessaries of life your enemies will permit you to carry away; for,Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The prophet now returns to the main subject of his sermon, the conquest of Judaea. Thy wares - Rather, thy bundle, which could contain a few articles for necessary use, and be carried in the hand. They are going into exile. O inhabitant of the fortress - i. e., thou that art besieged, that inhabitest a besieged town.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. 1717. wares--thine effects or movable goods (Eze 12:3). Prepare for migrating as captives to Babylon. The address is to Jerusalem, as representative of the whole people. inhabitant of the fortress--rather, "inhabitress of the fortress." Though thou now seemest to inhabit an impregnable fortress, thou shalt have to remove. "The land" is the champaign region opposed to the "fortified" cities. The "fortress" being taken, the whole "land" will share the…Read the comment
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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
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