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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 22:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 22:7 |
King James |
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. |
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] |
prepare--literally, "sanctify," or solemnly set apart for a particular work (compare Isa 13:3).
thy choice cedars-- (Isa 37:24). Thy palaces built of choice cedars (Sol 1:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Prepare - i. e., consecrate, see Jer 6:4 note.
Thy choice cedars - The chief members of the royal lineage and the leading officers of state. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They shall cut down thy choice cedars - The destruction of the country is expressed under the symbol of the destruction of a fine forest; a multitude of fellers come against it, each with his axe; and, there being no resistance, every tree is soon felled to the earth. "These destroyers," God says, "I have prepared, קדשתי kiddashti, I have sanctified - consecrated, to this work. They have their commission from me." |
17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.