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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 2:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 2:19 |
Strong Concordance |
Thine own wickedness [07451] shall correct [03256] thee, and thy backslidings [04878] shall reprove [03198] thee: know [03045] therefore and see [07200] that it is an evil [07451] thing and bitter [04751], that thou hast forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and that my fear [06345] is not in thee, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635]. |
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King James |
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
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] |
correct . . . reprove--rather, in the severer sense, "chastise . . . punish" [MAURER].
backslidings--"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Pro 1:31; Isa 3:9; Hos 5:5).
know . . . see--imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost.
my fear--rather, "the fear of Me." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Correct thee - Or, "chastise thee." Alliances with foreign powers shall bring trouble and not safety. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thy wickedness - Thy own wickedness is the cause of thy correction. Know - Consider well, and thou canst not but be convinced. |
5 And the pride [01347] of Israel [03478] doth testify [06030] to his face [06440]: therefore shall Israel [03478] and Ephraim [0669] fall [03782] in their iniquity [05771]; Judah [03063] also shall fall [03782] with them.
9 The shew [01971] of their countenance [06440] doth witness against them [06030]; and they declare [05046] their sin [02403] as Sodom [05467], they hide [03582] it not. Woe [0188] unto their soul [05315]! for they have rewarded [01580] evil [07451] unto themselves.
31 Therefore shall they eat [0398] of the fruit [06529] of their own way [01870], and be filled [07646] with their own devices [04156].