Jeremiah 29:16
in Jeremiah 29this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
KJV
Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
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This verse in Jeremiah 29
Commentary
8 notes on this verseKnow that thus saith the Lord,.... Or "for", or "wherefore thus saith the Lord" (x); for the word "know" is not in the text, and seems needless; though it is also supplied by other interpreters (y).
This site's exposition
Because you may say, “The LORD
on Jeremiah 29:15-16
The exiles had been saying, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,” and used the claim to set aside Jeremiah's harder counsel. The LORD answers by turning to those who stayed, “the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city.”
This site's exposition
the king who sits on David’s throne
The Lord now turns to Zedekiah and the people left behind. Barnes notes that these verses are missing from the Greek Septuagint, whose text of this chapter he finds brief and confused. Adam Clarke reads them as a warning to the exiles against envying those still at home.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 14 and following) And I will restore your captivity, and gather you from all the nations and from all the places to which I have driven you, declares the Lord. And I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile. For you have said, 'The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.' Thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your fellow countrymen who did not go with you into exile.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He prophesies the destruction of two of their false prophets that they had in Babylon, that both soothed them up in their sins and set them bad examples (
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This refers to the vision and the prophecy upon it which we had ch. xxiv. And the reason given for these proceedings against them is the same that has often been given and will justify God in the eternal ruin of impenitent sinners (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in Egypt when Jeremiah died, copied probably with extreme haste, and with no opportunity of careful collation afterward.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
people . . . in this city . . . not gone forth--So far from your returning to Jerusalem soon, even your brethren still left dwelling there shall themselves also be cast into exile. He mentions "the throne of David," lest they should think that, because David's kingdom was to be perpetual, no severe, though temporary, chastisements could interpose (Ps 89:29-36).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כֹ֣ה׀ | khoh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ | haiyoshev | who sits | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כִּסֵּ֣א | kise' | [the] throne of | H3678 → | 135 times |
| דָוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב | haiyoshev | which dwells | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָּעִ֣יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֑את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֲחֵיכֶ֕ם | ʾacheikhem | countrymen your | H251 → | 630 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָצְא֥וּ | yatzeu | they went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֖ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃ | bagolah | in the exile | H1473 → | 43 times |
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
כֹ֣ה׀thus
khohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־concerning
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙who sits
haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כִּסֵּ֣א[the] throne of
kise'H3678 →135 times
דָוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וְאֶל־and concerning
veel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖בwhich dwells
haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times
בָּעִ֣ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֑את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
אֲחֵיכֶ֕םcountrymen your
ʾacheikhemH251 →630 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָצְא֥וּthey went out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
אִתְּכֶ֖םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃in the exile
bagolahH1473 →43 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 16:43
Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you…
- Ezekiel 7:8–9
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 9:10
But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
- Ezekiel 7:3
The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Romans 2:8–9
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- Ezekiel 16:43
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.