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Jeremiah 5:10 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 5 · verse 10
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.Jeremiah 5:10 · King James Version
Jeremiah 5:10 in context
8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
12They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- battlementsnᵉṭîyshâha tendrilH5189 →
- destroyshâchathto decayH7843 →
- wallsshârâha fortificationH8284 →
- makeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- endkâlâha completionH3617 →
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We may observe in these verses, as before, I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer 5:10. But is there not a cause? Yes; for, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-19