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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 27:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 27:19 |
Strong Concordance |
For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] concerning the pillars [05982], and concerning the sea [03220], and concerning the bases [04350], and concerning the residue [03499] of the vessels [03627] that remain [03498] in this city [05892], |
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King James |
For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, |
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] |
| (Jer 52:17, Jer 52:20-21). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Concerning the pillars - Two brazen columns placed by Solomon in the pronaos or portico of the temple, eighteen cubits high, and twelve in circumference, Kg1 7:16-22; Jer 52:11.
The sea - The brazen sea, ten cubits in diameter, and thirty in circumference. It contained water for different washings in the Divine worship, and was supported on twelve brazen oxen. Perhaps these are what are called the bases here. See the parallel places at Kg2 25:13 (note), etc.; Jer 52:17 (note), Jer 52:20-21 (note), and the notes on them. |
20 The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].
21 And concerning the pillars [05982], the height [06967] of one [0259] pillar [05982] was eighteen [08083] [06240] cubits [0520]; and a fillet [02339] of twelve [08147] [06240] cubits [0520] did compass [05437] it; and the thickness [05672] thereof was four [0702] fingers [0676]: it was hollow [05014].
17 Also the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], the Chaldeans [03778] brake [07665], and carried [05375] all the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
20 The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].
21 And concerning the pillars [05982], the height [06967] of one [0259] pillar [05982] was eighteen [08083] [06240] cubits [0520]; and a fillet [02339] of twelve [08147] [06240] cubits [0520] did compass [05437] it; and the thickness [05672] thereof was four [0702] fingers [0676]: it was hollow [05014].
17 Also the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], the Chaldeans [03778] brake [07665], and carried [05375] all the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
13 And the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], did the Chaldees [03778] break in pieces [07665], and carried [05375] the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
11 Then he put out [05786] the eyes [05869] of Zedekiah [06667]; and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] bound [0631] him in chains [05178], and carried [0935] him to Babylon [0894], and put [05414] him in prison [01004] [06486] till the day [03117] of his death [04194].
16 And he made [06213] two [08147] chapiters [03805] of molten [03332] brass [05178], to set [05414] upon the tops [07218] of the pillars [05982]: the height [06967] of the one [0259] chapiter [03805] was five [02568] cubits [0520], and the height [06967] of the other [08145] chapiter [03805] was five [02568] cubits [0520]:
17 And nets [07638] of checker [07639] work [04639], and wreaths [01434] of chain [08333] work [04639], for the chapiters [03805] which were upon the top [07218] of the pillars [05982]; seven [07651] for the one [0259] chapiter [03805], and seven [07651] for the other [08145] chapiter [03805].
18 And he made [06213] the pillars [05982], and two [08147] rows [02905] round about [05439] upon the one [0259] network [07639], to cover [03680] the chapiters [03805] that were upon the top [07218], with pomegranates [07416]: and so did [06213] he for the other [08145] chapiter [03805].
19 And the chapiters [03805] that were upon the top [07218] of the pillars [05982] were of lily [07799] work [04639] in the porch [0197], four [0702] cubits [0520].
20 And the chapiters [03805] upon the two [08147] pillars [05982] had pomegranates also above [04605], over against [05980] the belly [0990] which was by [05676] the network [07639]: and the pomegranates [07416] were two hundred [03967] in rows [02905] round about [05439] upon the other [08145] chapiter [03805].
21 And he set up [06965] the pillars [05982] in the porch [0197] of the temple [01964]: and he set up [06965] the right [03233] pillar [05982], and called [07121] the name [08034] thereof Jachin [03199]: and he set up [06965] the left [08042] pillar [05982], and called [07121] the name [08034] thereof Boaz [01162].
22 And upon the top [07218] of the pillars [05982] was lily [07799] work [04639]: so was the work [04399] of the pillars [05982] finished [08552].