Revised Version 1895
Jeremiah 10:20
20My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
Jeremiah 10:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
- New International Version (NIV)My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My children are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My tent is plundered, And all my cords are broken; My children have gone from me, And they are no more. There is no one to pitch my tent anymore, Or set up my curtains.
Context of Jeremiah 10:20
18For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it. 19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it. My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 21For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered. 22The voice of a rumour, behold it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
Read all of Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 10:20 word by word
אָהֳלִ֣י שֻׁדָּ֔ד וְכָל־מֵיתָרַ֖י נִתָּ֑קוּ בָּנַ֤י יְצָאֻ֙נִי֙ וְאֵינָ֔ם אֵין־נֹטֶ֥ה עוֹד֙ אָהֳלִ֔י וּמֵקִ֖ים יְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
- tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- cordsמֵיתָרmêythâr · cordH4340
- brokenנָתַקnâthaq · to tearH5423
- childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- goneיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
- stretchנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- moreעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- setקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
- curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:20
- Jeremiah 4:20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
- Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
- Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his fury like fire.
- Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
- Job 7:8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more: thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- Isaiah 49:20The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
- Isaiah 51:16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20My tabernacle is spoiled - The city is taken, and all our villages ruined and desolated.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-25Verses 19-25 The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy. Jeremiah 10:19 Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable. A grief - Or, “my grief.” Jeremiah 10:20 tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land…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. 20Jeremiah's cherished hometown, Anathoth, was destroyed, and even the children were taken away. This happened to the whole nation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. tabernacle is spoiled--metaphor from the tents of nomadic life; as these are taken down in a few moments, so as not to leave a vestige of them, so Judea (Jr 4:20). cords--with which the coverings of the tent are extended. curtains--tent-curtains.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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