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Jeremiah 30:16

in Jeremiah 30

Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

KJV

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

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This verse in Jeremiah 30

Commentary

9 notes on this verse
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured,.... Thus rendering the words, they are to be connected with Jer 30:10; and all between to be put into a parenthesis: but rather, in connection with the preceding words, they should be rendered "nevertheless", or "notwithstanding" (y); though they had sinned at so great a rate, and were so much afflicted and chastened by the Lord, yet their enemies should not go unpunished, and mercy in the issue would be showed to them.

This site's exposition

For this is what the LORD

on Jeremiah 30:12-17

The diagnosis is stated plainly, “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.” Verse 14 names the cause, “your great iniquity and your numerous sins.” Verse 17 answers the wound with the LORD's promise, “I will restore your health and heal your wounds,” reversing the word spoken against her.

This site's exposition

all who devour you will be devoured

The word nevertheless turns the chapter from wound to rescue. John Gill prefers that rendering: though Judah had sinned greatly, her foes would still be punished. Adam Clarke traces the pattern: Babylon, which devoured Judah, was devoured by the Medes and Persians, and they in turn by the Greeks.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 16, 17.) Therefore, all who devour you shall be devoured, and all your enemies shall be carried into captivity; and those who plunder you shall be plundered, and all your plunderers I will give for prey. For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: 'It is Zion, for whom no one cares.'

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Thus Zion's deliverance will be brought about by the destruction of her oppressors; and thus her enemies will be recompensed for all the injury they have done her; for there is a God that judges in the earth, a God to whom vengeance belongs.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Though God correct them, and justly, for their sins, their manifold transgressions and mighty sins, yet he will return in mercy to them, and even their sin shall not prevent their deliverance when God's time shall come.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

They that devour thee - The Chaldeans. Shall be devoured - By the Medes and Persians. All that prey upon thee will I give for a prey - The Assyrians were destroyed by the Babylonians; the Babylonians, by the Medes and Persians; the Egyptians and Persians were destroyed by the Greeks, under Alexander. All these nations are now extinct, but the Jews, as a distinct people, still exist.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Therefore--connected with Jer 30:13, because "There is none to plead thy cause . . . therefore" I will plead thy cause, and heal thy wound, by overwhelming thy foes. This fifteenth verse is inserted to amplify what was said at the close of Jer 30:14.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Therefore - i. e., Because thou hast undergone thy punishment and cried out in consciousness of thy guilt.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙[those who] devour you

    ʾokhelayikhH398 →810 times

  • יֵאָכֵ֔לוּthey will be devoured

    yeakheluH398 →810 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • צָרַ֥יִךְopponents your

    tzarayikhH6862 →109 times

  • כֻּלָּ֖םall of them

    kulamH3605 →5413 times

  • בַּשְּׁבִ֣יin <the> captivity

    basheviH7628 →49 times

  • יֵלֵ֑כוּthey will go

    yelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • וְהָי֤וּand they will become

    vehayuH1961 →3559 times

  • שֹׁאסַ֙יִךְ֙[those who] plunder you

    shosayikhH8155 →

  • לִמְשִׁסָּ֔ה<into> plunder

    limshisahH4933 →

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • בֹּזְזַ֖יִךְ[those who] despoil you

    bozezayikhH962 →43 times

  • אֶתֵּ֥ןI will make

    ʾetenH5414 →2011 times

  • לָבַֽז׃into spoil

    lavazH957 →25 times

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.123 worksJeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.15 worksIsaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.12 worksZechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—11 worksExodus 23:22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.11 worksRevelation 13:10“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.8 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Lamentations 4:21–22So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.7 worksJoel 3:8I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.7 worksIsaiah 14:2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.7 worksPsalms 129:5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.7 worksJeremiah 2:3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.6 worksHabakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.6 worksMicah 4:11But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”6 worksJeremiah 51:34–37“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.6 worksZechariah 12:2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.6 worksIsaiah 41:11–12Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.6 worksMicah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.6 worksPsalms 137:8–9O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.6 works

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

    Zechariah 2:8

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

    it leads to

    • Psalms 17:8

      Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

    • Deuteronomy 32:10

      He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

    • John 15:21–23

      But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

  • Through

    Revelation 13:10

    “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 15:2

      If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…

    • Revelation 14:12

      Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

    • Isaiah 33:1

      Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

  • Through

    Exodus 23:22

    But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 12:3

      I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

    • Deuteronomy 30:7

      Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.

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