Jeremiah 10:12 tn The words “The Lord is” are not in the text. They are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation here because of possible confusion about who the subject is due to the parenthetical address to the people of Israel in v. 11. The first two verbs...
King James Version (KJV) 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. English Standard Version (ESV) 10 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the offi...
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ContextDisaster from the North…9“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.” 10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by say...
While the verse speaks of impending doom, the broader context of Jeremiah assures believers of God's promise to restore and redeem. This encourages Christians to trust in God's ultimate plan for good.Living as ExilesJust as the people of Judah were to prepare for exile, Christians are called...
Jeremiah 38:13 In-Context 11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jerem...
it’s interesting to note that throughout scripture silver and money are pretty much synonymous. The Hebrew term that means “silver” is found 403 times in the Old Testament, and depending upon the context, the KJV translators translated it into either silver or money 399 times. In essence,...
The next clause: and in Tophet they shall bury, etc., is omitted by the lxx as a repetition from Jeremiah 7:32, and is object to by Ew., Hitz., and Graf, as not being in keeping with its context. Ew. proposes to insert it before "as one breaketh;" but this transposition only...
ContextThe Restoration of Israel and Judah…9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. 10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out...
The value one assigns to [—] is in every case interpretive, based on what one thinks the context is referring to. The word is rendered “deceived” or “tricked” by several English versions (see, e.g., KJV, NASB, TEV, ICV), as though God had misled him. It is rendered “entice...