Jeremiah 6:19
in Jeremiah 6Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
KJV
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
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This verse in Jeremiah 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 19). Behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts (or turning away): because they have not listened to my words, and have cast aside my law. The evil refers to the punishments and sufferings of those who endure, not upon the nations that are called to the truth of the Gospel, but upon the people who have responded: We will not listen. And they will receive the fruit of their thoughts, or their turning away, as David says: You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands (Psalm 127:2).
This site's exposition
ask for the old paths
on Jeremiah 6:16-19
The invitation to ask for the old paths where is the good way offers rest for your souls in the same breath the people refuse it, we will not walk therein, a refusal repeated when watchmen are set over them, we will not hearken, obstinacy named twice in consecutive verses rather than left to inference. The evil that follows is called the fruit of their thoughts, not an arbitrary stroke but the harvest of a mind that had already rejected the law it was warned by.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people,.... The people of the Jews; the evil of punishment, for the evil of sin committed by them; wherefore the earth, and the inhabitants of it, are called upon to bear witness to, the righteousness of such a procedure: even the fruit of their thoughts; which they thought of, contrived, and devised; which shows that they did not do what they did inadvertently, but with thought and design. Kimchi interprets it of sinful deeds and actions, the fruit of thoughts; but his father, of thoughts themselves.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3257: “Thoughts and Their Fruit” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
Do you observe here, my Brothers and Sisters, how God declares that He would not only punish Israel for gross overt acts of sin, but that He would also bring upon the nation terrible chastisements for their thoughts? A solemn warning, full of instruction to us. It has almost passed into a proverb, that "thought is free." Whether this is true or false, an axiom or a gaffe, must depend on the sphere in which thought moves.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁמְעִ֣י | shimi | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | O earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אָנֹכִ֜י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מֵבִ֥יא | mevi' | [am] about to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| רָעָ֛ה | raah | calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָ֥ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| פְּרִ֣י | peri | [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑ם | machshevotam | own schemes their | H4284 → | 56 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דְּבָרַי֙ | devarai | words my | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִקְשִׁ֔יבוּ | hikshivu | they have paid attention | H7181 → | 46 times |
| וְתוֹרָתִ֖י | vetorati | and law my | H8451 → | 219 times |
| וַיִּמְאֲסוּ־ | vaiyimasu- | and they have rejected | H3988 → | 76 times |
| בָֽהּ׃ | vah | <in> <the> it |
שִׁמְעִ֣יhear
shimiH8085 →1159 times
הָאָ֔רֶץO earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הִנֵּ֨הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
אָנֹכִ֜יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מֵבִ֥יא[am] about to bring
mevi'H935 →2568 times
רָעָ֛הcalamity
raahH7451 →662 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָ֥םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
פְּרִ֣י[the] fruit of
periH6529 →119 times
מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑םown schemes their
machshevotamH4284 →56 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
דְּבָרַי֙words my
devaraiH1697 →1440 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִקְשִׁ֔יבוּthey have paid attention
hikshivuH7181 →46 times
וְתוֹרָתִ֖יand law my
vetoratiH8451 →219 times
וַיִּמְאֲסוּ־and they have rejected
vaiyimasu-H3988 →76 times
בָֽהּ׃<in> <the> it
vah
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 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
- Romans 8:27
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
- Jeremiah 11:20
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- Hebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Revelation 2:23
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- 1 Samuel 16:7
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.
- 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 32:1
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3257: “Thoughts and Their Fruit” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.