Jeremiah 50:7 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 50:7

All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

BSB

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ASV

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

KJV

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Offend not - i. e., “are not guilty.” Israel having left the fold, has no owner, and may therefore be maltreated with impunity. Habitation of justice - In Jer 31:23 applied to Jerusalem: here, Yahweh alone is the true pasturage, in whom His people will find safety, rest, and plenty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Habitation - Some think this is a name here given to God, who indeed is the habitation of justice, but whether the Chaldeans would call him so, may be a question. Others therefore think the preposition in is understood, making this the aggravation of the Jews sins, that they were committed in a land which ought to have been an habitation of justice.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

At the same time these "adversaries" unconsciously use language which corrects their own notions. The covenant with the Jews' "fathers" is not utterly set aside by their sin, as their adversaries thought; there is still "a habitation" or refuge for them with the God of their fathers.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם	motz.'ei.Hem	[those who] found them	H4672 →
אֲכָל֔וּם	'a.kha.Lum	they devoured them	H398 →
וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם	ve.tza.rei.Hem	and opponents their	H6862 →
אָמְר֖וּ	'a.me.Ru	they said	H559 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נֶאְשָׁ֑ם	ne'.Sham	we are guilty	H816 →
תַּ֗חַת	Ta.chat	because	H8478 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
חָטְא֤וּ	cha.te.'U	they have sinned	H2398 →
לַֽיהוָה֙	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
נְוֵה־	ne.veh-	[the] habitation of	H5116 →
צֶ֔דֶק	Tze.dek	righteousness	H6664 →
וּמִקְוֵ֥ה	u.mik.Veh	and [the] hope of	H4723 →
אֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.vo.tei.Hem	ancestors their	H1 →
יְהוָֽה׃ ס	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 31:23
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities:…
leads to
- Zechariah 8:3
  This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
Through
Jeremiah 14:8
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:13
  O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…
- Psalms 50:15
  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Isaiah 43:3
  For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
Through
Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
leads to
- James 1:18
  He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- Revelation 14:4
  These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and…
- Deuteronomy 7:6
  For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
Through
Zechariah 11:5
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:5–10
  and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah