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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:26 |
Strong Concordance |
And they shall not take [03947] of thee a stone [068] for a corner [06438], nor a stone [068] for foundations [04146]; but thou shalt be desolate [08077] for ever [05769], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. |
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] |
| corner . . . stone . . . foundations--The corner-stone was the most important one in the building, the foundation-stones came next in importance (Eph 2:20). So the sense is, even as there shall be no stones useful for building left of thee, so no leading prince, or governors, shall come forth from thy inhabitants. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The prophet means that:
(1) Babylon would never again be the seat of empire. Nor
(2) would any new development of events take its rise thence. |
20 And are built [2026] upon [1909] the foundation [2310] of the apostles [652] and [2532] prophets [4396], Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] himself [846] being [5607] the chief corner [204] stone;