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Jeremiah 44:27

in Jeremiah 44

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 finished off.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

KJV

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

This verse in Jeremiah 44

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women

on Jeremiah 44:24-28

Jeremiah addresses the women again and tells them, “Keep your vows!” The LORD swears “by My great name” that no one from Judah living in Egypt will again invoke His name. The remnant “will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs,” the test of a prophet in Deuteronomy 18:22.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): I will watch over them for evil; no opportunity shall be let slip to bring some judgment upon them, until there be an end of them and they be rooted out. Note, To those whom God finds impenitent sinners he will be found an implacable Judge.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

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Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

watch over . . . for evil-- (Jer 1:10; The God, whose providence is ever solicitously watching over His people for good, shall solicitously, as it were, watch for their hurt.

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The words behind it

17 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.

  • הִנְנִ֨יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • שֹׁקֵ֧ד[am] watching

    shokedH8245 →12 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֛םover them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • לְרָעָ֖הfor harm

    leraahH7451 →662 times

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • לְטוֹבָ֑הfor good

    letovahH2896 →538 times

  • וְתַמּוּ֩and they will meet their end

    vetamuH8552 →63 times

  • כָל־every

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אִ֨ישׁperson of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֧רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּאֶֽרֶץ־[is] in [the] land of

    beeretz-H776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֛יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • בַּחֶ֥רֶבby the sword

    bacherevH2719 →413 times

  • וּבָרָעָ֖בand by <the> famine

    uvaraavH7458 →101 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • כְּלוֹתָֽם׃come to an end they

    kelotamH3615 →208 times

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

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 1:10

    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 31:28

      Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

    • Jeremiah 24:6

      I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Corinthians 10:4–5

      The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

    • Isaiah 44:26–28

      who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I…

    • Jeremiah 31:4–5

      Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 31:28

    Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 1:10

      See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

    • Jeremiah 18:7–9

      At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

    • Jeremiah 45:4

      Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.