Jeremiah 5:20
in Jeremiah 5Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
KJV
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
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This verse in Jeremiah 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Against the God (1) of Creation Jer 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jer 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jer 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root. Jer 5:22 The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has imposed upon it laws which it must obey, and keeps it in its appointed place, not by barriers of iron but by a belt of sand.
This site's exposition
Declare this in the house of Jacob
on Jeremiah 5:20-25
A people “who have eyes but do not see” stands before the LORD who “set the sand as the boundary for the sea”. The sea keeps its bound while the people have “turned aside and gone away”. Rain and harvest are lost: “Your iniquities have diverted these from you”.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 20, 21.) Announce this to the house of Jacob, and make it heard in Judah, saying: Hear, foolish people, who have no understanding: who have eyes but do not see, and ears but do not hear. In many ways they sin, turning away from salvation, and he calls the people foolish, who have abandoned the author of wisdom, and he compares them to idols, about which it is written: They have eyes but do not see: they have ears but do not hear.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַגִּ֥ידוּ | hagidu | declare | H5046 → | 370 times |
| זֹ֖את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| בְּבֵ֣ית | beveit | in [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֑ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְהַשְׁמִיע֥וּהָ | vehashmiuha | and proclaim it | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בִיהוּדָ֖ה | vihudah | in Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
הַגִּ֥ידוּdeclare
hagiduH5046 →370 times
זֹ֖אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
בְּבֵ֣יתin [the] house of
beveitH1004 →2046 times
יַעֲקֹ֑בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
וְהַשְׁמִיע֥וּהָand proclaim it
vehashmiuhaH8085 →1159 times
בִיהוּדָ֖הin Judah
vihudahH3063 →819 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).