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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 1:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 1:12 |
King James |
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. |
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] |
| hasten--rather, "I will be wakeful as to My word," &c.; alluding to Jer 1:11, "the wakeful tree" [MAURER]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hasten - Rather, I watch over "my word to perform it." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Well seen - Or thou hast seen and judged right. Hasten - Word for word, I will almond - tree it, that is, I will be upon them speedily, in a short time. My word - My threatening against Judah and its inhabitants. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will hasten my word - Here is a paronomasia. What dost thou see? I see שקד shaked, "an almond," the hastening tree: that which first awakes. Thou hast well seen, for (שקד shoked) I will hasten my word. I will awake, or watch over my word for the first opportunity to inflict the judgments which I threaten. The judgment shall come speedily; it shall soon flourish, and come to maturity. |
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.