Jeremiah 5:30
in Jeremiah 5A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
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ASV
A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
KJV
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
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This verse in Jeremiah 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA wonderful and horrible thing is committed on the land - Dahler translates: “Strange crimes and horrible trespasses have been committed in the land.” These have been already detailed; but this may refer to what follows.
This site's exposition
A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land
on Jeremiah 5:30-31
The verdict names three failures: “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority”, and “My people love it so”. The corruption is chosen by the people as well as suffered from above. The closing question, “but what will you do in the end?”, is left open.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 30, 31.) Astonishment and wonders were done on the earth. The prophets were prophesying falsehood (or wickedness) and the priests were applauding with their hands. And my people loved such things. What then will you do in the end? As it was said before: Shall I go to the nobles and speak to them? Perhaps they knew the way of the Lord, but behold, they have broken the yoke and burst the bonds.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. What may justly raise admiration in some, and horror in others, or both in all: it is so amazing that it can hardly be conceived of, and so shameful and filthy as not to be expressed; what it is follows:
It was a horrible thing, a thing to be detested and the consequences of it dreaded. To frighten ourselves from sin, let us call it a horrible thing. In short, this: (1.) The leaders misled the people: The prophets prophesy falsely, counterfeit a commission from heaven when they are factors for hell.
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שַׁמָּה֙ | shamah | an atrocious event | H8047 → | 39 times |
| וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה | veshaarurah | and a horrible [thing] | H8186 → | 4 times |
| נִהְיְתָ֖ה | nihyetah | it has occurred | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
שַׁמָּה֙an atrocious event
shamahH8047 →39 times
וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔הand a horrible [thing]
veshaarurahH8186 →4 times
נִהְיְתָ֖הit has occurred
nihyetahH1961 →3559 times
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃in the land
baaretzH776 →2504 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
Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Micah 1:2
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- 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,…
- Psalms 50:4
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Through
Jeremiah 2:12Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Isaiah 1:2
Through
Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:9–10
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 29:23
For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He…
- Isaiah 1:9–10
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.