Jeremiah 30:4
in Jeremiah 30These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
KJV
And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
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This verse in Jeremiah 30
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah. Which follow in this chapter and the next; first concerning Israel, the ten tribes; and then concerning the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, even concerning all Israel; whereas, if this prophecy only respects the return from the captivity in Babylon, there is very little in it which concerns the ten tribes, or but a very few of them. The words may be rendered, "unto Israel, and unto Judah"; as being the persons to whom they were directed, as well as were the subjects of them.
This site's exposition
This is the word that came
on Jeremiah 30:1-4
The chapter opens with a command, “Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.” The promise that follows names both houses together, “My people Israel and Judah.” The Book of Consolation opens as a document meant to outlast the exile it describes.
This site's exposition
concerning Israel and Judah
The heading repeats the two names on purpose. John Gill argues that a return from Babylon alone would say little about the ten tribes of Israel, so the words reach further. He adds that the words may be read as spoken to Israel and Judah as well as about them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 4 and following) And these are the words that the Lord spoke to Israel and Judah, for this is what the Lord says: We have heard the voice of terror (or fear), and there is no peace. Inquire and see if a male gives birth. Why then do I see every man with his hand on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces have turned pale? First, sadness is announced, so that after the magnitude of evils, joy may follow.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These are the words which God ordered to be written; and those promises which are written by his order are as truly his word as the ten commandments which were written with his finger.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֣לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֗ים | hadevarim | [are] the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֧ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וְאֵ֣לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
הַדְּבָרִ֗ים[are] the words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֧רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־concerning
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְאֶל־and concerning
veel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.