Jeremiah 18:15 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 18:15

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

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ASV

For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

KJV

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 15) Because my people have forgotten me, offering sacrifices in vain and stumbling in their ways, in the paths of the world (or eternal) in order to walk through them on an untrodden journey. Whoever forgets God and forsakes him, who says: 'I am the way' (John 14:6); offers sacrifices to foreign gods, stumbles in his own ways, not God's, and forsakes the ancient and eternal paths, which are trodden by the footsteps of all who worship God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Because my people hath forgotten me,.... Or, "that they have forgotten me" (z); this is the horrible thing they have done, which was unheard of among the Gentiles, who were always tenacious of their gods, and the worship of them; and that foolish and unwise thing, which was like leaving pure flowing streams of water for dirty puddles.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Because - “For.” Jeremiah returns to, and continues the words of, Jer 18:13. Vanity - A word meaning “falsehood,” which signifies that the worship of idols is not merely useless but injurious. They have caused them to stumble - Judah’s prophets and priests were they who made her to err Jer 5:31. The idols were of themselves powerless for good or evil.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This implies a previous knowledge of God, whereas He was unknown to the Gentiles; the Jews' forgetting of God, therefore, arose from determined perversity. they have caused . . . to stumble--namely the false prophets and idolatrous priests have. ancient paths-- (Jer 6:16): the paths which their pious ancestors trod.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי	she.khe.Chu.ni	they have forgotten me	H7911 →
עַמִּ֖י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
לַשָּׁ֣וְא	la.Shav'	to <the> falsehood	H7723 →
יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ	ye.ka.Te.ru	they make smoke	H6999 →
וַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּם	vai.yakh.shi.Lum	and they have caused to stumble them	H3782 →
בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙	be.dar.khei.Hem	in ways their	H1870 →
שְׁבִילֵ֣י	she.vi.Lei	paths of	H7635 →
עוֹלָ֔ם	o.Lam	antiquity	H5769 →
לָלֶ֣כֶת	la.Le.khet	to walk	H1980 →
נְתִיב֔וֹת	ne.ti.Vot	paths	H5410 →
דֶּ֖רֶךְ	De.rekh	a way	H1870 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
סְלוּלָֽה׃	se.lu.Lah	built up	H5549 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.…
leads to
- Isaiah 30:21
  And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Deuteronomy 32:7
  Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Matthew 11:28–29
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Jeremiah 7:23
  but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…
- Colossians 2:6
  Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
Through
Isaiah 57:14
And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
leads to
- Isaiah 62:10
  Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
- Luke 3:5–6
  Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
- Isaiah 35:8
  And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah