Jeremiah 6:12
in Jeremiah 6Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.
KJV
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseNow see on whom the fury is poured out in full vials-- upon the children abroad, or in the streets, where they are playing ( Zech. viii. 5 ) or whither they run out innocently to look about them: the sword of the merciless Chaldeans shall not spare them, ch. ix. The children perish in the calamity which the fathers' sins have procured.
This site's exposition
Their houses will be turned over to others
on Jeremiah 6:12-15
The corruption named at 5:31 is now total, “from the least of them to the greatest”. From it comes the book's best-known false comfort, “saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all”. The line “they do not even know how to blush” names a conscience past feeling.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 12) Pour (or he pours) on the little one outside, and on the assembly of young men together: for a man will be captured with a woman, an elder with one full of days. And their houses will pass on to others, fields and wives alike. Perhaps the Prophet commands, by the Spirit coming to the Chaldeans, to pour out the fury of the Lord on the little ones, and not spare even the innocent age: or certainly, he narrates what happened to the assembly of young men together, who had taken up arms to resist.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
For God stretches out his hand upon the inhabitants of the land, and none can go out of the reach of it. Now as to this denunciation of God's wrath, 1. The prophet justifies himself in preaching thus terribly, for herein he dealt faithfully (
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7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Turned - Violently transferred. Houses, fields, wives, all they most valued, and most jealously kept to themselves - are gone.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Therefore, I am full of the fury of the Lord My heart is full of the prophecy of the coming of the fury of the Lord upon them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָסַ֤בּוּ | venasabu | and they will be turned over | H5437 → | 161 times |
| בָֽתֵּיהֶם֙ | vateihem | houses their | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַאֲחֵרִ֔ים | laacherim | to others | H312 → | 166 times |
| שָׂד֥וֹת | sadot | fields | H7704 → | 334 times |
| וְנָשִׁ֖ים | venashim | and wives | H802 → | 781 times |
| יַחְדָּ֑ו | yachdav | alike | H3162 → | 141 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַטֶּ֧ה | ʾateh | I will stretch out | H5186 → | 214 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִ֛י | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֥י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְנָסַ֤בּוּand they will be turned over
venasabuH5437 →161 times
בָֽתֵּיהֶם֙houses their
vateihemH1004 →2046 times
לַאֲחֵרִ֔יםto others
laacherimH312 →166 times
שָׂד֥וֹתfields
sadotH7704 →334 times
וְנָשִׁ֖יםand wives
venashimH802 →781 times
יַחְדָּ֑וalike
yachdavH3162 →141 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַטֶּ֧הI will stretch out
ʾatehH5186 →214 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִ֛יhand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֥י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
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
Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
it leads to
- Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 10:4
Nothing 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.
- 2 Kings 9:37
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- Jeremiah 4:24
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- Isaiah 9:17
Through
Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 9:12
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 5:25
Through
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:12–13
Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 6:12–13
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.