Jeremiah 19:7
in Jeremiah 19And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
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ASV
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
KJV
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
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This verse in Jeremiah 19
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Make void - The verb used here is that from which “bottle” Jer 19:1 is derived, and as it represents the sound made by the water running out, it would be better translated, “pour out.” Jeremiah perhaps carried the bottle to Tophet full of water, the symbol in the East of life Isa 35:6; Isa 41:18, and at these words emptied it before the assembled elders.
This site's exposition
So behold, the days are coming
on Jeremiah 19:6-9
The place “will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,” and judgment renames the ground. The siege famine in which “they will eat one another’s flesh” is the extremity Deuteronomy 28:53 warns of and Lamentations 4:10 records as having happened.
This site's exposition
And in this place I will ruin
Albert Barnes notes that the verb for ruin shares its root with the word for the clay jar, a word for the sound of pouring. He suggests Jeremiah emptied the jar before the elders here. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the Chaldeans would camp in this valley.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 7 and following) And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will overthrow them with the sword in the presence of their enemies and those who seek their lives, and I will give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. And I will make this city a horror, a hissing, and everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its wounds.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Note, There is no fleeing from God's justice but by fleeing to his mercy. Those that will not make good God's counsel, by humbling themselves under his mighty hand, shall find that God will make void their counsel and blast their projects, which they think ever so well concerted for their own preservation. There is no counsel or strength against the Lord.
In this place - In this place, among others, I will make void all the counsels that the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, have taken to escape my righteous judgments.
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
make void the counsel--defeat their plans for repelling the enemy (2Ch 32:1-4; Or their schemes of getting help by having recourse to idols [CALVIN]. in this place--The valley of Hinnom was to be the place of the Chaldean encampment; the very place where they looked for help from idols was to be the scene of their own slaughter.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will make void the counsel of Judah - Probably this refers to some determination made to proclaim themselves independent, and pay no more tribute to the Chaldeans. To be meat for the fowls - See on Jer 7:33 (note).
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּ֠בַקֹּתִי | uvakoti | and I will make void | H1238 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲצַ֨ת | ʾatzat | [the] plan of | H6098 → | 89 times |
| יְהוּדָ֤ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ | virushalim | and Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| בַּמָּק֣וֹם | bamakom | in the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤ים | vehipaltim | and I will make fall them | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ | bacherev | by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
| וּבְיַ֖ד | uveyad | and by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י | mevakshei | [those who] seek | H1245 → | 225 times |
| נַפְשָׁ֑ם | nafsham | <of> life their | H5315 → | 754 times |
| וְנָתַתִּ֤י | venatati | and I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִבְלָתָם֙ | nivlatam | corpse[s] their | H5038 → | 48 times |
| לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל | lemaakhal | to food | H3978 → | 30 times |
| לְע֥וֹף | leof | to [the] bird[s] of | H5775 → | 71 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת | ulevehemat | and to [the] animal[s] of | H929 → | 190 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
וּ֠בַקֹּתִיand I will make void
uvakotiH1238 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲצַ֨ת[the] plan of
ʾatzatH6098 →89 times
יְהוּדָ֤הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙and Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
בַּמָּק֣וֹםin the place
bamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤יםand I will make fall them
vehipaltimH5307 →435 times
בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙by the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔םenemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times
וּבְיַ֖דand by [the] hand of
uveyadH3027 →1618 times
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י[those who] seek
mevaksheiH1245 →225 times
נַפְשָׁ֑ם<of> life their
nafshamH5315 →754 times
וְנָתַתִּ֤יand I will give
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִבְלָתָם֙corpse[s] their
nivlatamH5038 →48 times
לְמַֽאֲכָ֔לto food
lemaakhalH3978 →30 times
לְע֥וֹףto [the] bird[s] of
leofH5775 →71 times
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תand to [the] animal[s] of
ulevehematH929 →190 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth
haaretzH776 →2504 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
Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:33
Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 83:10
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Jeremiah 25:33
Through
Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
it leads to
- Leviticus 17:10
If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Psalms 53:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
- Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Leviticus 17:10
Through
Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:26
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- Jeremiah 12:9
Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
- Deuteronomy 28:26
Through
Jeremiah 15:9The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:5
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
- 1 Samuel 2:5
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- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.