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Jeremiah 45:5 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 45 · verse 5
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.Jeremiah 45:5 · King James Version
Jeremiah 45:5 in context
3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
4Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
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Key words (Strong's)
- seekestbâqashto search outH1245 →
- placesmâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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How Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, we had an account ch. 36, and how he was threatened for it by the king, warrants being out for him and he forced to abscond, and how narrowly he escaped under a divine protection, to which story this chapter should have been subjoined, but…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5