Jeremiah 13:14
in Jeremiah 13I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
KJV
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
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This verse in Jeremiah 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verse"And the priests," then, "and the prophets and Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem" God says he will fill "with drunkenness" and will scatter "them, a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons." And let us understand these things also thus: the righteous God gathers together, but the sinners he scatters.
This site's exposition
Every wineskin shall be filled with wine
on Jeremiah 13:12-14
The proverb “Every wineskin shall be filled with wine” is a truism the people accept, and Jeremiah turns it into a sentence of judgment. The LORD will fill with drunkenness all who live in this land. The wine picture runs to its violent end, the vessels smashed against one another.
This site's exposition
I will smash them against one another
Matthew Henry reads the sentence as measure for measure: those who showed no pity to one another receive no pity from the LORD. Origen adds that the LORD gathers the righteous and scatters sinners. Fathers and sons fall together.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 12 onwards) You shall say therefore to them (or to the people) this message. Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Every pitcher (or vessel) shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to you: Do we not know that every pitcher (or vessel) shall be filled with wine? And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I will dash them one against another,....
This decree against them having gone forth, God says, I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them; for they will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy one another; see Hab. ii. Here is good counsel given, which, if taken, would prevent this desolation. It is, in short, to humble themselves under the mighty hand of God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
All orders and degrees of men in the state would be broken in indiscriminate destruction.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנִפַּצְתִּים֩ | venipatztim | and I will smash them | H5310 → | 22 times |
| אִ֨ישׁ | ʾish | each | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אָחִ֜יו | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| וְהָאָב֧וֹת | vehaavot | and the parents | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְהַבָּנִ֛ים | vehabanim | and the children | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַחְדָּ֖ו | yachdav | alike | H3162 → | 141 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶחְמ֧וֹל | ʾechmol | I will show pity | H2550 → | 41 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אָח֛וּס | ʾachus | I will have mercy | H2347 → | |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲרַחֵ֖ם | ʾarachem | I will have compassion | H7355 → | 47 times |
| מֵהַשְׁחִיתָֽם׃ ס | mehashchitam | from destroying them | H7843 → | 146 times |
וְנִפַּצְתִּים֩and I will smash them
venipatztimH5310 →22 times
אִ֨ישׁeach
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אָחִ֜יוbrother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
וְהָאָב֧וֹתand the parents
vehaavotH1 →1212 times
וְהַבָּנִ֛יםand the children
vehabanimH1121 →4930 times
יַחְדָּ֖וalike
yachdavH3162 →141 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶחְמ֧וֹלI will show pity
ʾechmolH2550 →41 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
אָח֛וּסI will have mercy
ʾachusH2347 →
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אֲרַחֵ֖םI will have compassion
ʾarachemH7355 →47 times
מֵהַשְׁחִיתָֽם׃ סfrom destroying them
mehashchitamH7843 →146 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
Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
it leads to
- Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
- Revelation 2:26–27
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Psalms 89:23
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
- Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
- Revelation 12:5
Through
Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot…
it leads to
- Psalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 79:5
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
- Ezekiel 23:25
And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They…
- Psalms 74:1
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); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 12.