Jeremiah 33:5
in Jeremiah 33The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
KJV
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
They--the Jews; the defenders of the "houses" (Jer 33:4), "come forward to fight with the Chaldeans," who burst into the city through the "thrown-down houses," but all the effect that they produce "is, to fill them (the houses) with" their own "dead bodies."
This site's exposition
For this is what the LORD
on Jeremiah 33:4-9
The reversal pairs healing with pardon: “I will bring to it health and healing,” and “I will cleanse them from all the iniquity.” The aim is that the city “will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth.”
This site's exposition
The Chaldeans are coming to fight
Barnes and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the verse with the Jews as the ones who come to fight the Chaldeans. On that reading the men of the city fill the torn-down houses of verse 4 with their own corpses. Either way the houses of defense fill with the dead.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
(1.) Is their state diseased? God will provide effectually for the healing of it, though the disease was thought mortal and incurable, ch. vii. 22 . " The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint ( Isa. i.
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They come to fight with the Chaldeans,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Render, They, i. e., the Jews come to fight with the Chaldaeans, and to fill them, i. e., the houses, with the dead bodies etc.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּאִ֗ים | baim | going | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְהִלָּחֵם֙ | lehilachem | to fight | H3898 → | 177 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים | hakasdim | the Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| וּלְמַלְאָם֙ | ulemalam | and to fill them | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| פִּגְרֵ֣י | pigrei | [the] corpses of | H6297 → | 22 times |
| הָאָדָ֔ם | haadam | <the> humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִכֵּ֥יתִי | hikeiti | I struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בְאַפִּ֖י | veapi | in anger my | H639 → | 276 times |
| וּבַחֲמָתִ֑י | uvachamati | and in rage my | H2534 → | 125 times |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר | vaasher | and whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִסְתַּ֤רְתִּי | histarti | I have hidden | H5641 → | 80 times |
| פָנַי֙ | fanai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מֵהָעִ֣יר | mehair | from the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| רָעָתָֽם׃ | raatam | evil their | H7451 → | 662 times |
בָּאִ֗יםgoing
baimH935 →2568 times
לְהִלָּחֵם֙to fight
lehilachemH3898 →177 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםthe Chaldeans
hakasdimH3778 →80 times
וּלְמַלְאָם֙and to fill them
ulemalamH4390 →249 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
פִּגְרֵ֣י[the] corpses of
pigreiH6297 →22 times
הָאָדָ֔ם<the> humankind
haadamH120 →551 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִכֵּ֥יתִיI struck down
hikeitiH5221 →499 times
בְאַפִּ֖יin anger my
veapiH639 →276 times
וּבַחֲמָתִ֑יand in rage my
uvachamatiH2534 →125 times
וַאֲשֶׁ֨רand whom
vaasherH834 →5497 times
הִסְתַּ֤רְתִּיI have hidden
histartiH5641 →80 times
פָנַי֙face my
fanaiH6440 →2123 times
מֵהָעִ֣ירfrom the city
mehairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
עַ֖לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
רָעָתָֽם׃evil their
raatamH7451 →662 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
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:36–39
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
- Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- Lamentations 3:25–26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…
- Psalms 33:20
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
- Hebrews 10:36–39
Through
Jeremiah 21:10For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:11
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
- Amos 9:4
Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
- Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Jeremiah 44:11
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.