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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 18:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 18:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Let a cry [02201] be heard [08085] from their houses [01004], when thou shalt bring [0935] a troop [01416] suddenly [06597] upon them: for they have digged [03738] a pit [07745] [07882] to take [03920] me, and hid [02934] snares [06341] for my feet [07272]. |
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King James |
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. |
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] |
cry--by reason of the enemy bursting in: let their houses be no shelter to them in their calamities [CALVIN].
digged . . . pit-- (Jer 18:20; Psa 57:6; Psa 119:85). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The sack of the city follows with all the horrible cruelties practiced at such a time. |
85 The proud [02086] have digged [03738] pits [07882] for me, which are not after thy law [08451].
6 They have prepared [03559] a net [07568] for my steps [06471]; my soul [05315] is bowed down [03721]: they have digged [03738] a pit [07882] before [06440] me, into the midst [08432] whereof they are fallen [05307] themselves. Selah [05542].
20 Shall evil [07451] be recompensed [07999] for good [02896]? for they have digged [03738] a pit [07745] for my soul [05315]. Remember [02142] that I stood [05975] before [06440] thee to speak [01696] good [02896] for them, and to turn away [07725] thy wrath [02534] from them.