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Jeremiah 37:10

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Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

KJV

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

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This verse in Jeremiah 37

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Whatever instruments God has determined to make use of in any service for him, whether or mercy or judgment, they shall accomplish that for which they are designed, whatever incapacity or disability they may lie under or be reduced to.

This site's exposition

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet

on Jeremiah 37:6-10

Pharaoh’s army “will go back to its own land of Egypt,” and the Chaldeans will return, capture the city, and burn it. The LORD names the city’s hope as self-deception: “Do not deceive yourselves.” In verse 10, even “wounded men” left in their tents would rise and burn the city.

This site's exposition

only wounded men remained in their tents

Even wounded men would get up and burn the city. Wesley says that once the LORD has resolved on a thing, the strength of the men he uses hardly matters. Henry reads the word the same way, and Clarke calls these strong words.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

And burn it - When God is resolved upon an effect, the instruments are little to be regarded. It is not the arm of flesh, but the power of God which is in that case to be considered.
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

For though ye had smitten the whole army - Strong words; but they show how fully God was determined to give up this city to fire and sword, and how fully he had instructed his prophet on this point.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אִם־except

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • הִכִּיתֶ֞םyou struck down

    hikitemH5221 →499 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • חֵ֤יל[the] army of

    cheilH2428 →246 times

  • כַּשְׂדִּים֙[the] Chaldeans

    kasdimH3778 →80 times

  • הַנִּלְחָמִ֣יםwho are fighting

    hanilchamimH3898 →177 times

  • אִתְּכֶ֔םwith you

    ʾitekhemH854 →929 times

  • וְנִ֨שְׁאֲרוּand they survived

    venisharuH7604 →133 times

  • בָ֔םamong <the> them

    vam

  • אֲנָשִׁ֖יםmen

    ʾanashimH582 →566 times

  • מְדֻקָּרִ֑יםpierced through

    medukarimH1856 →

  • אִ֤ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • בְּאָהֳלוֹ֙in tent his

    beoholoH168 →345 times

  • יָק֔וּמוּthey will arise

    yakumuH6965 →628 times

  • וְשָֽׂרְפ֛וּand they will burn

    vesarefuH8313 →117 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִ֥ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּ֖את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • בָּאֵֽשׁ׃with <the> fire

    baeshH784 →378 times

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 50:45Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.3 worksLeviticus 26:36–38As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.3 worksIsaiah 30:17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.3 worksJoel 2:11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?3 works2 Samuel 5:6Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”3 works2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.3 works1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.3 worksIsaiah 13:15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.2 worksJeremiah 21:4–7this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.2 worksJeremiah 37:8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.2 worksJeremiah 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.2 worksJeremiah 51:4And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.2 worksIsaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.2 worksEzekiel 17:9So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.2 worksEzekiel 24:11Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.2 worksIsaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.2 worksJudges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.2 works

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

    Joel 2:11

    The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and…

    it leads to

    • Malachi 3:2

      But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

    • Nahum 1:6

      Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

    • Revelation 18:8

      Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

    • Jeremiah 30:7

      How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

    • Joel 3:16

      The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

  • Through

    Isaiah 30:17

    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:25

      The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…

    • Deuteronomy 32:30

      How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

    • Joshua 23:10

      One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 37 →

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

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