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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 7:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 7:15 |
King James |
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. |
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] |
your brethren--children of Abraham, as much as you.
whole seed of Ephraim--They were superior to you in numbers and power: they were ten tribes: ye but two. "Ephraim," as the leading tribe, stands for the whole ten tribes (Kg2 17:23; Psa 78:67-68). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The whole seed of Ephraim - i. e., the whole of the nine northern tribes. Their casting out was a plain proof that the possession of the symbols of God's presence does not secure a Church or nation from rejection, if unworthy of its privileges. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Even - The ten tribes. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The whole seed of Ephraim - Taken here for all the ten tribes, that of Ephraim being the principal. |
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.