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Jeremiah 33:4

in Jeremiah 33

For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword;

KJV

For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

This verse in Jeremiah 33

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

For this is what the LORD

on Jeremiah 33:4-9

The reversal pairs healing with pardon: “I will bring to it health and healing,” and “I will cleanse them from all the iniquity.” The aim is that the city “will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(1.) Is their state diseased? God will provide effectually for the healing of it, though the disease was thought mortal and incurable, ch. vii. 22 . " The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint ( Isa. i.

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For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

houses . . . thrown down by the mounts--namely, by the missiles cast from the besiegers' mounds (Jer 32:24); "and by the sword" follows properly, as, after missiles had prepared the way, the foe next advanced to close quarters "with the sword."

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Thus saith the Lord - This is a new confirmation of what has already been said, viz., The city shall fall, a number of the inhabitants shall perish, the rest shall be carried into captivity; but the nation shall be preserved, and the people return from their captivity.
By ... by - Rather, against ... against. As the works of the enemy approached the walls, houses were pulled down to build inner fortifications. Swords are mentioned in Eze 26:9 (translated, axes), as used for breaking down the towers in the walls. See Jer 5:17, note.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כִּי֩for

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כֹ֨הthus

    khohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֤רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בָּתֵּי֙[the] houses of

    bateiH1004 →2046 times

  • הָעִ֣ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּ֔את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בָּתֵּ֖י[the] houses of

    bateiH1004 →2046 times

  • מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    malkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • הַנְּתֻצִ֕יםwhich have been pulled down

    hanetutzimH5422 →42 times

  • אֶל־because of

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַסֹּלְל֖וֹתthe mounds

    hasolelotH5550 →11 times

  • וְאֶל־and because of

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • הֶחָֽרֶב׃the sword

    hecharevH2719 →413 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ezekiel 4:2

    Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 21:22

      In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 6:6

      For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 26:8

    He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 52:4

      So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 21:22

    In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 4:2

      Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

  • Through

    Habakkuk 1:10

    They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 32:24

      See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 36:6

      Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:24

    See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:26

      I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…

    • Joshua 23:15–16

      But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from…

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.