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Jeremiah 4:17
17Like keepers of a field they surround her, because she has been rebellious against Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Jeremiah 4:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,’ ” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like keepers of a field are they against her all around, because she has rebelled against me, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Like keepers of a field they are against her all around, Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 4:17
15A voice announces from Dan and proclaims calamity from the hills of Ephraim, 16“Remind the nations, proclaim over Jerusalem! Besiegers are soon coming from a far country, raising their voice against the cities of Judah. Like keepers of a field they surround her, because she has been rebellious against Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 18Your conduct and your deeds have brought these things on you. This is your calamity! How bitter it is! How it smites your heart! 19My stomach, my stomach! I writhe in anguish! The pain of my heart! My heart is pounding within me! I cannot keep silent because I have heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the battle-cry of war.
Read all of Jeremiah 4Jeremiah 4:17 word by word
כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י שָׂדַ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ מִסָּבִ֑יב כִּי־אֹתִ֥י מָרָ֖תָה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:17
- Jeremiah 6:2“The lovely, delicate Daughter of Zion I will cut off.”
- 2 Kings 25:1Now it came to pass in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army advanced against Jerusalem, set up camp by it, and built a siege wall all around it.
- Isaiah 1:8So the Daughter of Zion is left as a sukkah in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will surround you with barricades and hem you in on all sides.
- Luke 21:29Then Yeshua told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
- Jeremiah 5:23But this people have a stubborn and rebellious heart. They have turned aside and gone away.
- Nehemiah 9:26“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.
- Isaiah 30:9For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to obey the Torah of Adonai.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has greatly sinned— therefore, she has become niddah . All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans, and turns away.
- Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I send you to Bnei-Yisrael, to rebellious nations that have been rebelling against Me. They and their fathers have rebelled against Me to this very day.
- Daniel 9:7“‘You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries where you have banished them—because they behaved unfaithfully toward you.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17As keepers of a field - In the eastern countries grain is often sown in the open country; and, when nearly ripe, guards are placed at different distances round about it to preserve it from being plundered. Jerusalem was watched, like one of these fields, by guards all round about it; so that none could enter to give assistance, and none who wished to escape were permitted to go out.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Jeremiah compares the tents of the besiegers on guard round Jerusalem to the booths erected by shepherds or farmers for the protection of their flocks or produce.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-18Verses 5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser calamities do not rouse sinners…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Foreign armies had already surrounded the capital city. The attack was coming because the people rebelled against the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. keepers of a field--metaphor from those who watch a field, to frighten away the wild beasts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 4
- 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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