Jeremiah 10:17
in Jeremiah 10Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.
KJV
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
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This verse in Jeremiah 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verseGather up thy wares out of the land,.... Or thy merchandise, as the Targum; or thy substance, as the Septuagint; all valuable effects and goods that are movable, which might be carried from place to place. The meaning is, that the Jews would gather up their riches from the several parts of the land of Judea, and bring them to Jerusalem, a fortified place; or they would be in danger of falling into the hands of the enemy.
This site's exposition
Gather up thy wares out of the land
on Jeremiah 10:17-18
The tone breaks from doxology into siege warning without transition, gather up thy wares, an inhabitant told to pack for exile before any army is named. Verse 18 gives the reason as the Lord's own act, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so, judgment described as something Judah will discover is real only by living through it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 17, 18.) Gather from the land your confusion, you who dwell in siege; for thus says the Lord: Behold, I will cast far away the inhabitants of the earth this time, and I will afflict them that they may be found. LXX: It has gathered from outside its substance, which dwells in the fortified place. For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land, and I will afflict them, that they may be found.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Arise, depart, this is not your rest, " Mic. ii. Let not what you have lie scattered, for the Chaldeans will be upon you again, to be the executioners of the sentence God has passed upon you (
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The prophet now returns to the main subject of his sermon, the conquest of Judaea. Thy wares - Rather, thy bundle, which could contain a few articles for necessary use, and be carried in the hand. They are going into exile. O inhabitant of the fortress - i. e., thou that art besieged, that inhabitest a besieged town.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Prepare for migrating as captives to Babylon. The address is to Jerusalem, as representative of the whole people. inhabitant of the fortress--rather, "inhabitress of the fortress." Though thou now seemest to inhabit an impregnable fortress, thou shalt have to remove. "The land" is the champaign region opposed to the "fortified" cities.
Gather up thy wares - Pack up your goods, or what necessaries of life your enemies will permit you to carry away; for,
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִסְפִּ֥י | ʾispi | gather up | H622 → | 200 times |
| מֵאֶ֖רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] ground | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְ | kinatekh | bundle your | H3666 → | |
| יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת | yoshavti | O [you who] dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ ס | bamatzor | in the siege | H4692 → | 25 times |
אִסְפִּ֥יgather up
ʾispiH622 →200 times
מֵאֶ֖רֶץfrom [the] ground
meeretzH776 →2504 times
כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְbundle your
kinatekhH3666 →
יֹשֶׁ֖בֶתO [you who] dwell
yoshavtiH3427 →1079 times
בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ סin the siege
bamatzorH4692 →25 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
it leads to
- Daniel 9:27
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple…
- Daniel 12:11
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Mark 13:14
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Luke 21:20
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Daniel 11:31
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Daniel 9:27
Through
Micah 2:10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Psalms 106:38
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
- Deuteronomy 12:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.