Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIs not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Is it not thus? My word is as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer--it breaketh in pieces a rock.
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile