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Jeremiah 4:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 4 · verse 17
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 4:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 4:17 in context
15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rebelliousmârâhto be bitterH4784 →
- keepersshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
- aboutçâbîyba circle, neighbour, or environsH5439 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
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God's usual method is to warn before he wounds. In these verses, accordingly, God gives notice to the Jews of the general desolation that would shortly be brought upon them by a foreign invasion.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-18