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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 14:19 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 14:19 |
Strong Concordance |
Hast thou utterly [03988] rejected [03988] Judah [03063]? hath thy soul [05315] lothed [01602] Zion [06726]? why hast thou smitten [05221] us, and there is no healing [04832] for us? we looked [06960] for peace [07965], and there is no good [02896]; and for the time [06256] of healing [04832], and behold trouble [01205]! |
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King James |
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! |
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] |
The people plead with God, Jeremiah being forbidden to do so.
no healing-- (Jer 15:18).
peace . . . no good-- (Jer 8:15). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A second (compare Jer 14:7-9) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God's Almighty power.
Lothed - More exactly, "hath thrown away as worthless."
Jer 14:20
Our wickedness, and - Omit and. National sin is the sin of the fathers, perpetuated generation after generation by the children.
Jer 14:21
This verse is in the original very emphatic, and consists of a series of broken ejaculations: "Abhor not for thy name's sake! Disgrace - lightly esteem" in Deu 32:15 - "not the throne of thy glory! Remember! Break not etc. with us!" The throne of Yahweh's glory is Jerusalem.
Jer 14:22
None of the idols of the Gentiles can put an end to this present distress.
Art not thou he, O Lord our God! - Rather, "art thou not Yahweh our God?"
Thou hast made all these things - i. e., the heaven with its showers. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Renewed supplication and repeated rejection of the same. - Jer 14:19. "Hast thou then really rejected Judah? or doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace, and there is no good; for the time of healing, and behold terror! Jer 14:20. We know, Jahveh, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against Thee. Jer 14:21. Abhor not, for Thy name's sake; disgrace not the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us! Jer 14:22. Are there among the vain gods of the Gentiles givers of rain, or will the heavens give showers? Art not Thou (He), Jahveh our God? and we hope in Thee, for Thou hast made all these." |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
We looked for peace - We expected prosperity when Josiah purged the land of idolatry.
And there is no good - For we have relapsed into our former ways. |
15 We looked [06960] for peace [07965], but no good [02896] came; and for a time [06256] of health [04832], and behold trouble [01205]!
18 Why is my pain [03511] perpetual [05331], and my wound [04347] incurable [0605], which refuseth [03985] to be healed [07495]? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar [0391], and as waters [04325] that fail [0539]?
22 Are there [03426] any among the vanities [01892] of the Gentiles [01471] that can cause rain [01652]? or can the heavens [08064] give [05414] showers [07241]? art not thou he, O LORD [03068] our God [0430]? therefore we will wait [06960] upon thee: for thou hast made [06213] all these things.
15 But Jeshurun [03484] waxed fat [08080], and kicked [01163]: thou art waxen fat [08080], thou art grown thick [05666], thou art covered [03780] with fatness; then he forsook [05203] God [0433] which made [06213] him, and lightly esteemed [05034] the Rock [06697] of his salvation [03444].
21 Do not abhor [05006] us, for thy name's [08034] sake, do not disgrace [05034] the throne [03678] of thy glory [03519]: remember [02142], break [06565] not thy covenant [01285] with us.
20 We acknowledge [03045], O LORD [03068], our wickedness [07562], and the iniquity [05771] of our fathers [01]: for we have sinned [02398] against thee.
7 O LORD [03068], though our iniquities [05771] testify [06030] against us, do [06213] thou it for thy name's [08034] sake: for our backslidings [04878] are many [07231]; we have sinned [02398] against thee.
8 O the hope [04723] of Israel [03478], the saviour [03467] thereof in time [06256] of trouble [06869], why shouldest thou be as a stranger [01616] in the land [0776], and as a wayfaring man [0732] that turneth aside [05186] to tarry for a night [03885]?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man [0376] astonied [01724], as a mighty man [01368] that cannot [03201] save [03467]? yet thou, O LORD [03068], art in the midst [07130] of us, and we are called [07121] by thy name [08034]; leave [03240] us not.
22 Are there [03426] any among the vanities [01892] of the Gentiles [01471] that can cause rain [01652]? or can the heavens [08064] give [05414] showers [07241]? art not thou he, O LORD [03068] our God [0430]? therefore we will wait [06960] upon thee: for thou hast made [06213] all these things.
21 Do not abhor [05006] us, for thy name's [08034] sake, do not disgrace [05034] the throne [03678] of thy glory [03519]: remember [02142], break [06565] not thy covenant [01285] with us.
20 We acknowledge [03045], O LORD [03068], our wickedness [07562], and the iniquity [05771] of our fathers [01]: for we have sinned [02398] against thee.
19 Hast thou utterly [03988] rejected [03988] Judah [03063]? hath thy soul [05315] lothed [01602] Zion [06726]? why hast thou smitten [05221] us, and there is no healing [04832] for us? we looked [06960] for peace [07965], and there is no good [02896]; and for the time [06256] of healing [04832], and behold trouble [01205]!