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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 19:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 19:4 |
King James |
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; |
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] |
(Isa 65:11).
estranged this place--devoted it to the worship of strange gods: alienating a portion of the sacred city from God, the rightful Lord of the temple, city, and whole land.
nor their fathers--namely, the godly among them; their ungodly fathers God makes no account of.
blood of innocents--slain in honor of Molech (Jer 7:31; Psa 106:37). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Have estranged this place - They have not recognized the sanctity of this place, but have treated it as a strange place, by worshipping in it strange gods.
Innocents - i. e., guiltless persons. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| This place - Either this city, or this valley, which they had turned to an use quite contrary to the end for which God gave it them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Estranged this place - Ye have devoted my temple to a widely different purpose from that for which it was erected. |
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.