Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore, hear O ye nations,—And take knowledge O assembly, Of that which befalleth them:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

In Context

17Therefore will I raise up over you, watchmen, Give ye heed to the sound of a horn,—But they said, We will not give heed!

19Hear thou—O earth, Lo! I, am bringing in Calamity against this people the fruit of their own devices,—For unto my words, have they not given heed, And as for my law, they have rejected it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?

Isaiah 5:3Now, therefore, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, And men of Judah,—Judge, I pray you, betwixt me, and my vineyard:—

Jeremiah 4:16Put ye in mind the nations Lo! publish ye against Jerusalem, Blockaders! are coming in from a land afar off,—And have uttered against the cities of Judah their voice:

Micah 6:5O my people! remember, I pray you, what Balak king of Moab, counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor, answered him,—from the Acacias as far as Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:10-18

The Universal Corruption of the Age. ( b. c. 608.) 9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets. 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord ; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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