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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 22:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 22:21 |
Strong Concordance |
I spake [01696] unto thee in thy prosperity [07962]; but thou saidst [0559], I will not hear [08085]. This hath been thy manner [01870] from thy youth [05271], that thou obeyedst [08085] not my voice [06963]. |
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King James |
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. |
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] |
I admonished thee in time. Thy sin has not been a sin of ignorance or thoughtlessness, but wilful.
prosperity--given thee by Me; yet thou wouldest not hearken to the gracious Giver. The Hebrew is plural, to express, "In the height of thy prosperity"; so "droughts" (Isa 58:11).
thou saidst--not in words, but in thy conduct, virtually.
thy youth--from the time that I brought thee out of Egypt, and formed thee into a people (Jer 7:25; Jer 2:2; Isa 47:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Prosperity - literally, as in the margin. God spake thus not once only, but whenever Judah was at peace. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I spake unto thee in thy prosperity - In all states and circumstances I warned thee by my prophets; and thou wilt only be ashamed of thy conduct when thou shalt be stripped of all thy excellencies, and reduced to poverty and disgrace, Jer 22:22. |
12 Stand [05975] now with thine enchantments [02267], and with the multitude [07230] of thy sorceries [03785], wherein [0834] thou hast laboured [03021] from thy youth [05271]; if so be thou shalt be able [03201] to profit [03276], if so be thou mayest prevail [06206].
2 Go [01980] and cry [07121] in the ears [0241] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; I remember [02142] thee, the kindness [02617] of thy youth [05271], the love [0160] of thine espousals [03623], when thou wentest [03212] after [0310] me in the wilderness [04057], in a land [0776] that was not sown [02232].
25 Since the day [03117] that your fathers [01] came forth out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] unto this day [03117] I have even sent [07971] unto you all my servants [05650] the prophets [05030], daily [03117] rising up early [07925] and sending [07971] them:
11 And the LORD [03068] shall guide [05148] thee continually [08548], and satisfy [07646] thy soul [05315] in drought [06710], and make fat [02502] thy bones [06106]: and thou shalt be like a watered [07302] garden [01588], and like a spring [04161] of water [04325], whose waters [04325] fail [03576] not.
22 The wind [07307] shall eat up [07462] all thy pastors [07462], and thy lovers [0157] shall go [03212] into captivity [07628]: surely then shalt thou be ashamed [0954] and confounded [03637] for all thy wickedness [07451].