Jeremiah 16:13
in Jeremiah 16So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
KJV
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
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This verse in Jeremiah 16
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThere is a mixture of mercy and judgment in these verses, and it is hard to know to which to apply some of the passages here--they are so interwoven, and some seem to look as far forward as the times of the gospel. God will certainly execute judgment upon them for their idolatries.
This site's exposition
When you tell these people all these things
on Jeremiah 16:10-13
When the people ask “What is our guilt”, the answer indicts the present generation beyond the fathers, “you have done more evil than your fathers”. The sentence fits the sin, exile to a land they have not known, where they will serve other gods day and night.
This site's exposition
So I will cast you out
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown observe that the sin of Judah at home becomes its punishment in exile. They chose other gods in their own land, and in the land of their captors they will serve other gods by force. Barnes hears irony in the closing words.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 13) Behold, everyone walks according to the wickedness of their evil heart, so that they may not hear me. And I will cast you out of this land into a land that you and your fathers do not know, and there you will serve foreign gods day and night, who will not give you rest.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore will I call you out of this land,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
serve other gods--That which was their sin in their own land was their punishment in exile. They voluntarily forsook God for idols at home; they were not allowed to serve God, if they wished it, in captivity (Da 3:12;
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Will I cast you out of this land - See Jer 7:15, and Jer 9:15.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And there shall ye ... - Ironical, and “there ye may serve other gods day and night, since I will shew you no favor.”
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and you will serve there other gods Jonathan paraphrases: And you will serve there nations that worship idols day and night.
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. 7 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
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣י | vehetalti | and I will throw out | H2904 → | 14 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֗ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵעַל֙ | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֣רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֕רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם | yeda'tem | you have known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אַתֶּ֖ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | vaavoteikhem | and ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־ | vaavadtem- | and you will serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| שָׁ֞ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֤ים | ʾelohim | gods | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲחֵרִים֙ | ʾacherim | other | H312 → | 166 times |
| יוֹמָ֣ם | yomam | by day | H3119 → | 50 times |
| וָלַ֔יְלָה | valaylah | and night | H3915 → | 233 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶתֵּ֥ן | ʾeten | I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| חֲנִינָֽה׃ ס | chaninah | favor | H2594 → |
וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣יand I will throw out
vehetaltiH2904 →14 times
אֶתְכֶ֗ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מֵעַל֙from on
mealH5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֣רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֕רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְדַעְתֶּ֔םyou have known
yeda'temH3045 →945 times
אַתֶּ֖םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
וַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םand ancestors your
vaavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־and you will serve
vaavadtem-H5647 →288 times
שָׁ֞םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱלֹהִ֤יםgods
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲחֵרִים֙other
ʾacherimH312 →166 times
יוֹמָ֣םby day
yomamH3119 →50 times
וָלַ֔יְלָהand night
valaylahH3915 →233 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶתֵּ֥ןI will give
ʾetenH5414 →2011 times
לָכֶ֖םto <the> you
lakhem
חֲנִינָֽה׃ סfavor
chaninahH2594 →
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 17:4And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:14
Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
- Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce…
- Mark 9:43–49
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
- 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…
- Jeremiah 15:14
Through
Jeremiah 15:14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- Deuteronomy 32:22
Through
2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 28:37
Through
Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
- Deuteronomy 4:28
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); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.