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Jeremiah 24:9 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 24 · verse 9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.Jeremiah 24:9 · King James Version
Jeremiah 24:9 in context
7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
8And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- reproachcherpâhcontumely, disgrace, the pudendaH2781 →
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- removedzaʻăvâhagitation, maltreatmentH2189 →
- removedzᵉvâʻâhagitation, fearH2113 →
- proverbmâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical natureH4912 →
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This short chapter helps us to put a very comfortable construction upon a great many long ones, by showing us that the same providence which to some is a savour of death unto death may by the grace and blessing of God be made to others a savour of life unto life;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10