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Jeremiah 51:18 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 51 · verse 18
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Jeremiah 51:18 · King James Version
Jeremiah 51:18 in context
16When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
17Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- visitationpᵉquddâhvisitationH6486 →
- vanityhebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
- errorstaʻtuaʻa fraudH8595 →
- workmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
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The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect them under their proper heads. Let us then observe here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-58