Jeremiah 51:5
in Jeremiah 51For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
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ASV
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
KJV
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
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This verse in Jeremiah 51
Commentary
5 notes on this verseFor Israel hath not been forsaken - God still continued his prophets among them; he had never cast them wholly off. Even in the midst of wrath - highly deserved and inflicted punishment, he has remembered mercy; and is now about to crown what he has done by restoring them to their own land. I conceive אשם asham, which we translate sin, as rather signifying punishment, which meaning it often has.
This site's exposition
the spirit of a destroyer
on Jeremiah 51:1-6
The LORD will stir up “the spirit of a destroyer” and send strangers “to winnow her and empty her land.” Verse 5 sets assurance inside the judgment: “Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God.” The exiles are told to flee and escape with their lives.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
God is his God still, and will act for him as the Lord of hosts, a God of power. Note, Though God's people may have broken his laws and fallen under his rebukes, yet it does not therefore follow that they are thrown out of covenant; but God's care of them and love to them will flourish again, Ps. lxxxix.
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
forsaken--as a widow (Hebrew). Israel is not severed from her husband, Jehovah (Isa 54:5-7), by a perpetual divorce. though . . . sin--though the land of Israel has been filled with sin, that is, with the punishment of their sin, devastation.
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The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אַלְמָ֨ן | ʾalman | [is] forsaken | H488 → | |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וִֽיהוּדָה֙ | vihudah | and Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| מֵֽאֱלֹהָ֔יו | meelohav | from God its | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מֵֽיְהוָ֖ה | meyahweh | from Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַרְצָם֙ | ʾartzam | land their | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מָלְאָ֣ה | malah | it is full | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אָשָׁ֔ם | ʾasham | guilt | H817 → | |
| מִקְּד֖וֹשׁ | mikedoosh | from [the] holy [one] of | H6918 → | |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אַלְמָ֨ן[is] forsaken
ʾalmanH488 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וִֽיהוּדָה֙and Judah
vihudahH3063 →819 times
מֵֽאֱלֹהָ֔יוfrom God its
meelohavH430 →2601 times
מֵֽיְהוָ֖הfrom Yahweh
meyahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֑וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אַרְצָם֙land their
ʾartzamH776 →2504 times
מָלְאָ֣הit is full
malahH4390 →249 times
אָשָׁ֔םguilt
ʾashamH817 →
מִקְּד֖וֹשׁfrom [the] holy [one] of
mikedooshH6918 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
Zechariah 12:8On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of…
it leads to
- Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Micah 5:2–4
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
- Zechariah 9:8
But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with…
- Zechariah 2:5
Through
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- 1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
- Jeremiah 4:22
Through
Ezra 9:9Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild…
it leads to
- Psalms 136:23–24
He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ezra 7:6
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…
- Psalms 136:23–24
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.