Jeremiah 32:31
in Jeremiah 32For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
KJV
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In English Version the words, "that I should remove it," &c., stand independently, as the result of what precedes. The time is ripe for taking vengeance on them (2Ki 23:27). from the day that they built it--Solomon completed the building of the city; and it was he who, first of the Jewish kings, turned to idolatry. It was originally built by the idolatrous Canaanites.
This site's exposition
Then the word of the LORD
on Jeremiah 32:26-35
The LORD answers with His question, “Is anything too difficult for Me?” The indictment names the places “of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom,” built to “make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech.” This is the valley the closing verses of chapter 31 declare consecrated.
This site's exposition
from the day it was built until now
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note the city was first built by idolatrous Canaanites, and Solomon was the first of its kings to turn to idols. Second Kings 23:27 records the same resolve to remove Jerusalem. The charge covers the whole life of the city.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 31.) In my fury and indignation, this city has become a ruin from the day it was built until this day when it is taken away from my sight. From the time when the foundations of the city were laid until this day, when it was captured, burned, and taken away from the Lord's presence, it has always been in fault and has provoked the Lord's indignation against itself. Where is the peace of sinners (as we have often said)?
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Their conduct in every thing was provoking. (3.) They began betimes, and had continued all along provoking to God: "They have done evil before me from their youth, ever since they were first formed into a people (
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For this city hath been tame as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury,....
At the same time he must assure them that, though the destruction was total, it should not be final, but that at length their posterity should recover the peaceable possession of their own land,
O what reason have we to lament the little honour God has from this world, and the great dishonour that is done him, when even in Judah, where he is known and his name is great, and in Salem where his tabernacle is, there was always that found that was a provocation to him!
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֧י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַפִּ֣י | ʾapi | anger my | H639 → | 276 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חֲמָתִ֗י | chamati | rage my | H2534 → | 125 times |
| הָ֤יְתָה | hayetah | it has been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִּי֙ | li | to <the> me | ||
| הָעִ֣יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לְמִן־ | lemin- | <to> from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיּוֹם֙ | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנ֣וּ | banu | they built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אוֹתָ֔הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְעַ֖ד | vead | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לַהֲסִירָ֖הּ | lahasirah | to remove it | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנָֽי׃ | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
כִּ֧יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַפִּ֣יanger my
ʾapiH639 →276 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
חֲמָתִ֗יrage my
chamatiH2534 →125 times
הָ֤יְתָהit has been
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
לִּי֙to <the> me
li
הָעִ֣ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
לְמִן־<to> from
lemin-H4480 →1188 times
הַיּוֹם֙the day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhen
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנ֣וּthey built
banuH1129 →376 times
אוֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
וְעַ֖דand until
veadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
לַהֲסִירָ֖הּto remove it
lahasirahH5493 →299 times
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
פָּנָֽי׃face my
panaiH6440 →2123 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
Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
it leads to
- Luke 13:34–35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Psalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- Ruth 2:12
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- Deuteronomy 32:11–12
As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
- Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Luke 13:34–35
Through
2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:13
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping…
- 2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 17:18
So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
- 2 Kings 21:13
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.