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Jeremiah 40:10

in Jeremiah 40

As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans that shall come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

KJV

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

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This verse in Jeremiah 40

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He does not now add that these very fruits were to constitute the chief part of the tribute to be paid to Babylon: which, though fruitful in corn, was less productive of grapes, figs, and olives [HERODOTUS, 1.193]. The grant of "vineyards" to the "poor" (Jer 39:10) would give hope to the discontended of enjoying the best fruits (Jer 40:12).

This site's exposition

When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard

on Jeremiah 40:7-10

The commanders hear that Gedaliah has been appointed, and they come to him at Mizpah. Gedaliah swears, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans,” the counsel Jeremiah gave in 29:5-7. Gill notes Gedaliah was the grandson of Shaphan, who read the law to Josiah in 2 Kings 22:10.

This site's exposition

gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil

Gedaliah takes the dealings with Babylon on himself and sends the people to the harvest. Albert Barnes notes that autumn fruit would carry the survivors through the winter. Matthew Henry faults him for asking no oath in return.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Gedaliah is willing thus to give them the assurance of an oath that he will do his part in protecting them, but, being apt to err (as many good men are) on the charitable side, he did not require an oath from them that they would be faithful to him, else the following mischief might have been prevented.
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans that come unto us,....

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וַאֲנִ֗יand I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • הִנְנִ֤יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • יֹשֵׁב֙[will be] dwelling

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הat <the> Mizpah

    bamitzpahH4709 →40 times

  • לַֽעֲמֹד֙to stand

    laamodH5975 →521 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםthe Chaldeans

    hakasdimH3778 →80 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָבֹ֖אוּthey will come

    yavouH935 →2568 times

  • אֵלֵ֑ינוּto us

    ʾeleinuH413 →5510 times

  • וְאַתֶּ֡םand you

    veatemH859 →1094 times

  • אִסְפוּ֩gather

    ʾisfuH622 →200 times

  • יַ֨יִןwine

    yayinH3196 →141 times

  • וְקַ֜יִץand summer fruit

    vekayitzH7019 →20 times

  • וְשֶׁ֗מֶןand oil

    veshemenH8081 →

  • וְשִׂ֙מוּ֙and put [them]

    vesimuH7760 →584 times

  • בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔םin vessels your

    bikhleikhemH3627 →325 times

  • וּשְׁב֖וּand dwell

    ushevuH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּעָרֵיכֶ֥םin cities your

    beareikhemH5892 →1090 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • תְּפַשְׂתֶּֽם׃you have taken hold of

    tefastemH8610 →65 times

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

Related verses

14 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.

Jeremiah 40:12they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.5 worksIsaiah 16:9So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.4 worksJeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.4 worksJeremiah 48:32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.4 worksJeremiah 35:19this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”4 works2 Samuel 16:1When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.4 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 1:38Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.4 worksProverbs 22:29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.3 worksLuke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”3 worksJeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.3 worksMicah 7:1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.3 works1 Kings 15:22Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.2 worksAmos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”2 worksJoshua 11:3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.2 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

    Jeremiah 39:10

    But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 25:12

      But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 35:19

    this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 15:19

      Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be…

    • Luke 21:36

      So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

    • Psalms 5:5

      The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

    • Jeremiah 33:17–18

      For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

    • Jude 1:24

      Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

  • Through

    Jeremiah 48:32

    I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 16:8–9

      For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…

    • Numbers 21:32

      After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 40 →

This page draws on 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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