Jeremiah 50:7
in Jeremiah 50All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
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ASV
All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
KJV
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
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This verse in Jeremiah 50
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Offend not - i. e., “are not guilty.” Israel having left the fold, has no owner, and may therefore be maltreated with impunity. Habitation of justice - In Jer 31:23 applied to Jerusalem: here, Yahweh alone is the true pasturage, in whom His people will find safety, rest, and plenty.
This site's exposition
the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together
on Jeremiah 50:4-9
Israel and Judah “will come together, weeping as they come,” and join the LORD “in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.” The cause of the exile is named: “their shepherds have led them astray,” the charge in 23:1-2. The exiles are told, “Flee from the midst of Babylon.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Habitation - Some think this is a name here given to God, who indeed is the habitation of justice, but whether the Chaldeans would call him so, may be a question. Others therefore think the preposition in is understood, making this the aggravation of the Jews sins, that they were committed in a land which ought to have been an habitation of justice.
All that found them have devoured them,....
And yet it was indeed an aggravation of their sin, and justified God, though it did not justify their adversaries in what was done to them, that they had forsaken the habitation of justice and him that was the hope of their fathers.
And these being set the one against the other, it is easy to say which one would choose to take one's lot with, the persecuting Babylonians, who, though now in pomp, are reserved for so great a ruin, or the persecuted Israelites, who, though now in thraldom, are reserved for so great a glory.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
At the same time these "adversaries" unconsciously use language which corrects their own notions. The covenant with the Jews' "fathers" is not utterly set aside by their sin, as their adversaries thought; there is still "a habitation" or refuge for them with the God of their fathers.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Their adversaries said, We offend not - God has abandoned them; we are only fulfilling his designs in plaguing them.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם | motzeihem | [those who] found them | H4672 → | 455 times |
| אֲכָל֔וּם | ʾakhalum | they devoured them | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם | vetzareihem | and opponents their | H6862 → | 109 times |
| אָמְר֖וּ | ʾameru | they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נֶאְשָׁ֑ם | ne'sham | we are guilty | H816 → | |
| תַּ֗חַת | tachat | because | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָטְא֤וּ | chateu | they have sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| לַֽיהוָה֙ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נְוֵה־ | neveh- | [the] habitation of | H5116 → | 35 times |
| צֶ֔דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| וּמִקְוֵ֥ה | umikveh | and [the] hope of | H4723 → | 12 times |
| אֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם[those who] found them
motzeihemH4672 →455 times
אֲכָל֔וּםthey devoured them
ʾakhalumH398 →810 times
וְצָרֵיהֶ֥םand opponents their
vetzareihemH6862 →109 times
אָמְר֖וּthey said
ʾameruH559 →5305 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
נֶאְשָׁ֑םwe are guilty
ne'shamH816 →
תַּ֗חַתbecause
tachatH8478 →505 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָטְא֤וּthey have sinned
chateuH2398 →238 times
לַֽיהוָה֙to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
נְוֵה־[the] habitation of
neveh-H5116 →35 times
צֶ֔דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
וּמִקְוֵ֥הand [the] hope of
umikvehH4723 →12 times
אֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖םancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Jeremiah 31:23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities:…
it leads to
- Zechariah 8:3
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
- Zechariah 8:3
Through
Jeremiah 14:8O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…
- Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Isaiah 43:3
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Jeremiah 17:13
Through
Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- Revelation 14:4
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and…
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- James 1:18
Through
Zechariah 11:5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:5–10
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- 1 Timothy 6:5–10
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.