Jeremiah 26:6

Jeremiah 26:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”

Context of Jeremiah 26:6

4Then you will say to them, thus says Adonai: “If you will not listen to Me, by walking in My Torah, which I have set before you, 5and by listening to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you, early and often—but you have not listened— then I will make this House like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.” 7So the kohanim, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of Adonai. 8Now when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Adonai had commanded him to speak to all the people, the kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying: “You will surely die!

Jeremiah 26:6 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֛י אֶת־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה כְּשִׁלֹ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לִקְלָלָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• like Shilohשִׁלוֹshîylôh shilôh shîylô shilô · ShilohH7887
• this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• a curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
• to all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Jeremiah 26:6

• Jeremiah 7:12“Indeed, go now to My place that was in Shiloh, where I first made My Name dwell. Now see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
• 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines did fight and Israel was defeated—they fled every man to his tent. The slaughter was very great, as 30,000 of Israel’s foot soldiers fell.
• Psalms 78:60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He pitched among men.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them as a horror, as an evil thing, among all the kingdoms of the earth—as a disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a curse—in all places where I will drive them.
• Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes—to make them an appalling horror and hissing, a curse as it is this day;
• Jeremiah 29:22So a curse will be taken up by everyone in exile from Judah who are in Babylon, saying: ‘May Adonai make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire’—
• Jeremiah 42:18For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “As My anger and My fury were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you, if you will enter Egypt. You will be an execration, a horror, a curse, and a disgrace, and you will never see this place again.”
• Jeremiah 44:8You are provoking Me with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to dwell, so that you will be cut off and become a curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth.
• 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was softened and you humbled yourself before Adonai when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants—that they should become a desolation and a curse—and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,’ declares Adonai.
• Isaiah 43:28So I profaned the Sanctuary officials, and gave Jacob over to destruction, and Israel to scorn.
• Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name behind as a curse for My chosen ones, and Adonai Elohim will slay you. But He will call His servants by another name.
• Daniel 9:11Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your Torah and has turned away—not obeying Your voice. “‘Therefore the curse and sworn judgment written in the Torah of Moses the servant of God has been poured out upon us, for we have sinned against Him.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 26:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The ancestors of the people chose disobedience, which led to the destruction of their sanctuary at Shiloh, north of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 7:12–15; 1 Samuel 1–4). In the same way, if the people in Jeremiah's time continued to disobey the covenant commands, the Temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. like Shiloh--(see on Jr 7:12, 14; 1Sa 4:10-12; Psa 78:60). curse--(Jr 24:9; Is 65:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 26:6

• Impenitence
• Indictments
• Minister, Christian
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Shiloh
• Curse
• Jehoiakim
• Jeremiah (2)
• Priests and Levites
• Shiloh (2)
• Baruch

Commentaries on Jeremiah 26

• 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