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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 11:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jer 11:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of the men [0582] of Anathoth [06068], that seek [01245] thy life [05315], saying [0559], Prophesy [05012] not in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], that thou die [04191] not by our hand [03027]: |
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King James |
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Prophesy not-- (Isa 30:10; Amo 2:12; Mic 2:6). If Jeremiah had not uttered his denunciatory predictions, they would not have plotted against him. None were more bitter than his own fellow townsmen. Compare the conduct of the Nazarites towards Jesus of Nazareth (Luk 4:24-29). |
24 And [1161] he said [2036], Verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] No [3762] prophet [4396] is [2076] accepted [1184] in [1722] his own [846] country [3968].
25 But [1161] I tell [3004] you [5213] of [1909] a truth [225], many [4183] widows [5503] were [2258] in [1722] Israel [2474] in [1722] the days [2250] of Elias [2243], when [3753] the heaven [3772] was shut up [2808] [1909] three [5140] years [2094] and [2532] six [1803] months [3376], when [5613] great [3173] famine [3042] was [1096] throughout [1909] all [3956] the land [1093];
26 But [2532] unto [4314] none [3762] of them [846] was [3992] Elias [2243] sent [3992], save [1508] unto [1519] Sarepta [4558], a city of Sidon [4605], unto [4314] a woman [1135] that was a widow [5503].
27 And [2532] many [4183] lepers [3015] were [2258] in [1722] Israel [2474] in the time [1909] of Eliseus [1666] the prophet [4396]; and [2532] none [3762] of them [846] was cleansed [2511], saving [1508] Naaman [3497] the Syrian [4948].
28 And [2532] all they [3956] in [1722] the synagogue [4864], when they heard [191] these things [5023], were filled [4130] with wrath [2372],
29 And [2532] rose up [450], and thrust [1544] him [846] out of [1854] the city [4172], and [2532] led [71] him [846] unto [2193] the brow [3790] of the hill [3735] whereon [1909] [3739] their [846] city [4172] was built [3618], that [1519] they might cast [2630] him [846] down headlong [2630].
6 Prophesy [05197] ye not, say they to them that prophesy [05197]: they shall not prophesy [05197] to them, that they shall not take [05253] shame [03639].
12 But ye gave the Nazarites [05139] wine [03196] to drink [08248]; and commanded [06680] the prophets [05030], saying [0559], Prophesy [05012] not.
10 Which say [0559] to the seers [07200], See [07200] not; and to the prophets [02374], Prophesy [02372] not unto us right things [05229], speak [01696] unto us smooth things [02513], prophesy [02372] deceits [04123]: