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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 26:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 26:11 |
Strong Concordance |
Then spake [0559] the priests [03548] and the prophets [05030] unto the princes [08269] and to all the people [05971], saying [0559], This man [0376] is worthy [04941] to die [04194]; for he hath prophesied [05012] against this city [05892], as ye have heard [08085] with your ears [0241]. |
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King James |
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This man is worthy to die - literally, A sentence of death is to this man, i. e., is his desert. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
this man
(See Scofield) - (Jer 38:4). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The priests - "In the corrupt state of all kingdoms, the ecclesiastical officers always were the greatest enemies to the faithful ministers of God." They speak to the members of the court who are called princes, and to the people who were in the court. |
4 Therefore the princes [08269] said [0559] unto the king [04428], We beseech thee, let this man [0376] be put to death [04191]: for thus [03651] he weakeneth [07503] the hands [03027] of the men [0582] of war [04421] that remain [07604] in this city [05892], and the hands [03027] of all the people [05971], in speaking [01696] such words [01697] unto them: for this man [0376] seeketh [01875] not the welfare [07965] of this people [05971], but the hurt [07451].