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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 11:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 11:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Which I commanded [06680] your fathers [01] in the day [03117] that I brought them forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from the iron [01270] furnace [03564], saying [0559], Obey [08085] my voice [06963], and do [06213] them, according to all which I command [06680] you: so shall ye be my people [05971], and I will be your God [0430]: |
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King James |
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
in the day--that is, when. The Sinaitic covenant was made some time after the exodus, but the two events are so connected as to be viewed as one.
iron furnace-- (Deu 4:20; Kg1 8:51). "Furnace" expresses the searching ordeal; "iron," the long duration of it. The furnace was of earth, not of iron (Psa 12:6); a furnace, in heat and duration enough to melt even iron. God's deliverance of them from such an ordeal aggravates their present guilt.
do them--namely, the words of the covenant (Jer 11:3).
so, &c.-- (Lev 26:3, Lev 26:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| From the iron furnace - Rather, out of "the iron furnace," Egypt (see Deu 4:20). The constant reference to Deuteronomy shows how great had been the effect upon Jeremiah's mind of the public recitation of the "Book of the covenant" found in the temple. |
12 And I will walk [01980] among [08432] you, and will be [01961] your God [0430], and ye shall be [01961] my people [05971].
3 If ye walk [03212] in my statutes [02708], and keep [08104] my commandments [04687], and do [06213] them;
3 And say [0559] thou unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that obeyeth [08085] not the words [01697] of this covenant [01285],
6 The words [0565] of the LORD [03068] are pure [02889] words [0565]: as silver [03701] tried [06884] in a furnace [05948] of earth [0776], purified [02212] seven times [07659].
51 For they be thy people [05971], and thine inheritance [05159], which thou broughtest forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714], from the midst [08432] of the furnace [03564] of iron [01270]:
20 But the LORD [03068] hath taken [03947] you, and brought you forth [03318] out of the iron [01270] furnace [03564], even out of Egypt [04714], to be unto him a people [05971] of inheritance [05159], as ye are this day [03117].
20 But the LORD [03068] hath taken [03947] you, and brought you forth [03318] out of the iron [01270] furnace [03564], even out of Egypt [04714], to be unto him a people [05971] of inheritance [05159], as ye are this day [03117].