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Jeremiah 5:15 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 5 · verse 15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.Jeremiah 5:15 · King James Version
Jeremiah 5:15 in context
13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- languagelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- ancientʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- mightyʼêythânpermanenceH386 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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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