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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 30:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 30:14 |
Strong Concordance |
All thy lovers [0157] have forgotten [07911] thee; they seek [01875] thee not; for I have wounded [05221] thee with the wound [04347] of an enemy [0341], with the chastisement [04148] of a cruel one [0394], for the multitude [07230] of thine iniquity [05771]; because thy sins [02403] were increased [06105]. |
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King James |
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. |
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] |
lovers--the peoples formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (compare Lam 1:2).
seek thee not--have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress.
wound of an enemy--a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of "enmity" or "cruelty"; it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though He were an "enemy" (Jer 5:6; Job 13:24; Job 30:21). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For the multitude ... - Or,
Because of the multitude of thine iniquity,
Because thy sins are strong.
Judah's lovers are the nations which once sought her alliance (see Jer 22:20; Jer 27:3). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thy lovers - The Egyptians and Assyrians. |
21 Thou art become [02015] cruel [0393] to me: with thy strong [06108] hand [03027] thou opposest [07852] thyself against me.
24 Wherefore hidest [05641] thou thy face [06440], and holdest [02803] me for thine enemy [0341]?
6 Wherefore a lion [0738] out of the forest [03293] shall slay [05221] them, and a wolf [02061] of the evenings [06160] shall spoil [07703] them, a leopard [05246] shall watch [08245] over their cities [05892]: every one that goeth out [03318] thence shall [02007] be torn in pieces [02963]: because their transgressions [06588] are many [07231], and their backslidings [04878] are increased [06105].
2 She weepeth [01058] sore [01058] in the night [03915], and her tears [01832] are on her cheeks [03895]: among all her lovers [0157] she hath none to comfort [05162] her: all her friends [07453] have dealt treacherously [0898] with her, they are become her enemies [0341].
3 And send [07971] them to the king [04428] of Edom [0123], and to the king [04428] of Moab [04124], and to the king [04428] of the Ammonites [01121] [05983], and to the king [04428] of Tyrus [06865], and to the king [04428] of Zidon [06721], by the hand [03027] of the messengers [04397] which come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] unto Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063];
20 Go up [05927] to Lebanon [03844], and cry [06817]; and lift up [05414] thy voice [06963] in Bashan [01316], and cry [06817] from the passages [05676]: for all thy lovers [0157] are destroyed [07665].