Verse | Translation | Text |
Jer 32:14 | Strong Concordance | Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Take [03947] these evidences [05612], this evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736], both which is sealed [02856], and this evidence [05612] which is open [01540]; and put [05414] them in an earthen [02789] vessel [03627], that they may continue [05975] many [07227] days [03117]. |
King James | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
in an earthen vessel--that the documents might not be injured by the moisture of the surrounding earth; at the same time, being buried, they could not be stolen, but would remain as a pledge of the Jews' deliverance until God's time should come. |