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Jeremiah 17:26

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And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, unto the house of Jehovah.

KJV

And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.

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This verse in Jeremiah 17

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

plain mountains . . . south-- (Jos 15:1-4). The southern border had extended to the river of Egypt, but was now much curtailed by Egyptian invasions (2Ch 35:20; The Hebrew for "south" means dry; the arid desert south of Judea is meant.

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This site's exposition

Go and stand at the gate of the people

on Jeremiah 17:19-27

Jeremiah must stand at the gate the kings of Judah use and preach one commandment. The fathers heard the same command, and “they stiffened their necks”. Obedience would bring kings into a city “inhabited forever”, and disobedience “an unquenchable fire in its gates”.

This site's exposition

people will come from the cities

The list walks the whole land: Benjamin to the north, the foothills to the west, the hill country, and the Negev in the south. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the Hebrew word for Negev means dry, the desert south of Judea. Every region brings its offerings to one house.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 20 and following) Thus says the Lord: Guard your souls, and do not carry burdens on the Sabbath day, or bring them through the gates of Jerusalem. And do not cast burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day, and you shall not do any work, and sanctify the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. But they did not listen, nor inclined their ear, and they stiffened their necks (and what is not found in Hebrew, against their fathers), so that they would not listen to me, and would not receive discipline.

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The people had asked ( ch. xvi. 10 ), What is our iniquity, and what is our sin? as if they could not be charged with any thing worth speaking of, for which God should enter into judgment with them; their challenge was answered there, but here we have a further reply to it, in which, I.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is made an instance of their prosperity. Then a people truly flourish when religion flourishes among them. And this is the effect of sabbath-sanctification; when that branch of religion is kept up other instances of it are kept up likewise; but, when that is lost, devotion is lost either in superstition or in profaneness.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

) are such as I think we scarcely find when things come nearer to the extremity. This message must be proclaimed in all the places of concourse, and therefore in the gates, not only because through them people were continually passing and repassing, but because in them they kept their courts and laid up their stores.

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How the passage was read

On Jeremiah 17:19-27

On Jeremiah 17:19-27

Burdens through the gates

Jeremiah stands in Jerusalem's gates and warns: “bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.” The written Sabbath command says “no work”; this prophetic oracle is the clearest Scripture naming CARRYING as the work in view, and it became the root of the tradition's rule against carrying from one domain to another on the Sabbath, the last of the Mishnah's thirty-nine categories of forbidden labor (Shabbat 7:2). The categories are kept by observant Jews to this day, which is why traditional neighborhoods build an eruv, a boundary that legally merges private domains so families can carry outdoors on the day.

This passage is the live background of John 5:10: “It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.” The objectors are standing on Jeremiah's oracle as the tradition had built on it. The healed man's mat, not his healing, is what the rule could name.

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.

Sources: Mishnah Shabbat 7:2 (the thirty-nine categories; carrying is the last)

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּבָ֣אוּand they will come

    uvauH935 →2568 times

  • מֵעָרֵֽי־from [the] cities of

    mearei-H5892 →1090 times

  • יְ֠הוּדָהJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּמִסְּבִיב֨וֹתand from round about

    umisevivotH5439 →336 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץand from [the] land of

    umeeretzH776 →2504 times

  • בִּנְיָמִ֗ןBenjamin

    binyaminH1144 →166 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַשְּׁפֵלָ֤הthe Shephelah

    hashefelahH8219 →20 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָהָר֙the hill country

    haharH2022 →546 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַנֶּ֔גֶבthe Negev

    hanegevH5045 →112 times

  • מְבִאִ֛ים[those who] bring

    meviimH935 →2568 times

  • עוֹלָ֥הburnt offering

    olahH5930 →287 times

  • וְזֶ֖בַחand sacrifice

    vezevachH2077 →162 times

  • וּמִנְחָ֣הand grain offering

    uminchahH4503 →211 times

  • וּלְבוֹנָ֑הand frankincense

    ulevonahH3828 →21 times

  • וּמְבִאֵ֥יand [those who] bring

    umevieiH935 →2568 times

  • תוֹדָ֖ה<of> a thank-offering

    todahH8426 →31 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 33:13In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.6 worksZechariah 7:7Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”6 worksJeremiah 32:44Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”6 worksPsalms 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.4 worksJeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.3 worksPsalms 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.3 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezra 3:3–6They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.2 works1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.2 worksLeviticus 1:1–7Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,2 worksJoshua 15:21–63These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:2 worksRevelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,2 works1 Peter 2:9–10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.2 worksHebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.2 worksEzra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.2 worksJeremiah 13:19The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.2 worksJeremiah 33:12This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 33:11

    the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of…

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 13:15

      Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 16:34

      Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    • Psalms 106:1

      Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    • Psalms 107:1

      Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    • Psalms 107:22

      Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

  • Through

    Psalms 107:22

    Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 50:14

      Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

    • Psalms 118:17

      I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

    • Psalms 9:11

      Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 17 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.

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