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Jeremiah 25:31

in Jeremiah 25

The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

KJV

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.

This verse in Jeremiah 25

Commentary

8 notes on this verse
A noise - The trampling of an army in motion. Compare Amo 2:2. A controversy - i. e., a suit at law. Will plead - Or, will hold judgment. As judge He delivers the wicked to the sword.

This site's exposition

So you are to prophesy all

on Jeremiah 25:30-31

The lion figure returns, “The LORD will roar from on high,” the voice Amos uses of judgment on the nations. Verse 31 speaks in the language of a lawcourt: “the LORD brings a charge against the nations.” The case reaches “all mankind,” and the sword falls on “the wicked.”

This site's exposition

the LORD brings a charge against the nations

Barnes hears the tumult as the tramp of an army on the move, as in Amos 2:2. The charge is a lawsuit, and the LORD is the judge. As judge, He hands the wicked over to the sword.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 30, 31.) And you shall prophesy to them all these words, and you shall say to them: The Lord will roar from on high (or give a response), and from His holy habitation He will utter His voice. He roars loudly over His glorious place (or responds to His place), His shout resounds like those who trample the earth.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

His quarrel with them is, in one word, for their wickedness, their contempt of him, and his authority over them and kindness to them. He will give those that are wicked to the sword. They have provoked God to anger, and thence comes all this destruction; it is because of the fierce anger of the Lord (

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A noise shall come up even to the ends of the earth,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The alarm is not given by sound of trumpet, or beat of drum, but by a whirlwind, a great whirlwind, storm, or tempest, which shall be raised up from the coasts, the remote coasts of the earth,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

controversy--cause at issue (Mic 6:2). plead with all flesh-- (Isa 66:16). God shows the whole world that He does what is altogether just in punishing.

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The words behind it

18 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.

  • בָּ֤אit has come

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • שָׁאוֹן֙an uproar

    shaonH7588 →18 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • קְצֵ֣ה[the] end of

    ketzehH7097 →97 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • רִ֤יבa controversy

    rivH7379 →61 times

  • לַֽיהוָה֙[belongs] to Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בַּגּוֹיִ֔םon the nations

    bagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • נִשְׁפָּ֥ט[is] about to enter into judgment

    nishpatH8199 →202 times

  • ה֖וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • לְכָל־to all

    lekholH3605 →5413 times

  • בָּשָׂ֑רflesh

    basarH1320 →270 times

  • הָרְשָׁעִ֛יםthe wicked [people]

    hareshaimH7563 →263 times

  • נְתָנָ֥םhe has delivered up them

    netanamH5414 →2011 times

  • לַחֶ֖רֶבto the sword

    lacherevH2719 →413 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

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

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

    Joel 3:2

    I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among…

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 14:2–4

      For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…

    • Isaiah 66:16

      For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

    • Zephaniah 3:8

      Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger.…

    • Ezekiel 38:22

      I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

  • Through

    Micah 6:2

    Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

    it leads to

    • Hosea 4:1

      Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God…

    • Hosea 12:2

      The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

  • Through

    Hosea 4:1

    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 4:22

      “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 66:16

    For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 38:21–22

      And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.

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.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.