Jeremiah 33:4
in Jeremiah 33For 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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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;
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis 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
(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 & Brown1802–1910
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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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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כֹ֨ה | khoh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֤ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בָּתֵּי֙ | batei | [the] houses of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָעִ֣יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בָּתֵּ֖י | batei | [the] houses of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מַלְכֵ֣י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הַנְּתֻצִ֕ים | hanetutzim | which have been pulled down | H5422 → | 42 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | because of | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַסֹּלְל֖וֹת | hasolelot | the mounds | H5550 → | 11 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and because of | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הֶחָֽרֶב׃ | hecharev | the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
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 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
Ezekiel 4:2Then 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.
- Ezekiel 21:22
Through
Ezekiel 26:8He 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.
- Jeremiah 52:4
Through
Ezekiel 21:22In 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.
- Ezekiel 4:2
Through
Habakkuk 1:10They 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.
- Jeremiah 32:24
Through
Jeremiah 32:24See 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…
- Deuteronomy 4:26
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 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.
