TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Jeremiah›Jeremiah 30›Jeremiah 30:8
Jeremiah 30:8 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 30 · verse 8
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:Jeremiah 30:8 · King James Version
Jeremiah 30:8 in context
6Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
8For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Commentary
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- strangerszûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- breakshâbarto burstH7665 →
- burstnâthaqto tear offH5423 →
- bondsmôwçêrproperly, chastisementH4147 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
Here, I. Jeremiah is directed to write what God had spoken to him, which perhaps refers to all the foregoing prophecies. He must write them and publish them, in hopes that those who had not profited by what he said upon once hearing it might take more notice of it when in reading it they had leisure for a more…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9