Jeremiah 25:9 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 25:9

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

BSB

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ASV

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

KJV

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The term families is probably used here to signify the widespread empire of Nebuchadnezzar. My servant - This title, so remarkable in the Old Testament as the especial epithet, first of Moses, and then of the Messiah, is thrice given to Nebuchadnezzar, and marks the greatness of the commission entrusted to him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The fixing of time during which the captivity should last would be of great use, not only for the confirmation of the prophecy, when the event (which in this particular could by no human sagacity be foreseen) should exactly answer the prediction, but for the comfort of the people of God in their calamity and the encouragement of faith and prayer.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Medes and other northern peoples, confederate with Babylon, are included with the Chaldeans. my servant--My agent for punishing (Jer 27:6; 43:10; compare Jer 40:2). Cyrus, "My shepherd." God makes even unbelievers unconsciously to fulfil His designs.

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנְנִ֣י	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
שֹׁלֵ֡חַ	sho.Le.ach	[am] about to send	H7971 →
וְלָקַחְתִּי֩	ve.la.kach.Ti	and I will fetch	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מִשְׁפְּח֨וֹת	mish.pe.Chot	[the] clans of	H4940 →
צָפ֜וֹן	tza.Fon	[the] north	H6828 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר	ne.vu.khad.re.Tzar	Nebuchadnezzar	H5019 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
בָּבֶל֮	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
עַבְדִּי֒	'av.Di	servant my	H5650 →
וַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜ים	va.ha.Vi.'o.Tim	and I will bring them	H935 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָאָ֤רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
הַזֹּאת֙	ha.zoT	<the> this	H2063 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
יֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָ	yo.she.Vei.ha	inhabitants its	H3427 →
וְעַ֛ל	ve.'Al	and on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
הָאֵ֖לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
סָבִ֑יב	sa.Viv	round about	H5439 →
וְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔ים	ve.Ha.cha.ram.Tim	and I will totally destroy them	H2763 →
וְשַׂמְתִּים֙	ve.sam.Tim	and I will make them	H7760 →
לְשַׁמָּ֣ה	le.sha.Mah	into a waste	H8047 →
וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה	ve.lish.re.Kah	and into a hissing	H8322 →
וּלְחָרְב֖וֹת	u.le.cha.re.Vot	and into ruins of	H2723 →
עוֹלָֽם׃	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
leads to
- Psalms 22:7
  All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Jeremiah 19:8
  I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- Ezekiel 33:28–29
  I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
- Jeremiah 49:13
  For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
- Jeremiah 50:13
  Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
Through
Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
leads to
- Joel 3:11
  Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
Through
Jeremiah 1:15
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem.…
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:16
  Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 9:11
  “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”