Jeremiah 6:11
in Jeremiah 6But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
KJV
Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
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This verse in Jeremiah 6
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(Verse 11) Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord, I have labored holding it. LXX: And I have fulfilled my wrath, and have endured: and I have not consumed it. According to the Hebrew, it is spoken from the perspective of the Prophet, who foresees the coming wrath of God, and is full of the fury and anger of the Lord, and cannot bear it anymore: nor does he dare to intercede with the Lord for sinners.
This site's exposition
Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine
on Jeremiah 6:9-11
The gleaning figure pictures the invasion as a second and more thorough harvest, a hand passed “once more like a grape gatherer over the branches”. His confession, “I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back”, shows the message costing the messenger first.
This site's exposition
Pour it out on the children in the street
Barnes counts five stages of life in the verse, from children in the street to the very old, and the wrath reaches them all. Matthew Henry pictures the children at play in the streets. The prophet can hold the message back no longer.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Now see on whom the fury is poured out in full vials-- upon the children abroad, or in the streets, where they are playing ( Zech. viii. 5 ) or whither they run out innocently to look about them: the sword of the merciless Chaldeans shall not spare them, ch. ix. The children perish in the calamity which the fathers' sins have procured.
7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem.
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Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord,....
Note, When ministers preach the terrors of the Lord according to the scripture we have no reason to be displeased at them; for they are but messengers, and must deliver their message, pleasing or unpleasing.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Or, But I am filled with “the fury of Yahweh: I am weary with holding” it “in.” Pour it out “upon the children” in the street, and upon the company of youths “together;” for both man and “wife shall be taken;” the older and he whose days are full. With emphatic abruptness Jeremiah bids himself give full utterance to God’s message. And the message is to reach all. Five stages of human life are successively marked out.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Lord--His denunciations against Judah communicated to the prophet. weary with holding in-- (Jer 20:9). I will pour--or else imperative: the command of God (see Jer 6:12), "Pour it out" [MAURER]. aged . . . full of days--The former means one becoming old; the latter a decrepit old man [MAURER] (Job 5:26;
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I am full of the fury of the Lord - God has given me a dreadful revelation of the judgments he intends to inflict: my soul is burdened with this prophecy. I have endeavored to suppress it; but I must pour it forth upon the children, on the young people, on husbands and wives, on the old and the super-annuated. All must partake in these judgments.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Therefore, I am full of the fury of the Lord My heart is full of the prophecy of the coming of the fury of the Lord upon them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵת֩ | veet | and <obj.> | H854 → | 929 times |
| חֲמַ֨ת | chamat | [the] rage of | H2534 → | 125 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מָלֵ֙אתִי֙ | maleti | I am full | H4390 → | 249 times |
| נִלְאֵ֣יתִי | nileiti | I am weary | H3811 → | 19 times |
| הָכִ֔יל | hakhil | to hold [it] in | H3557 → | 38 times |
| שְׁפֹ֤ךְ | shefokh | pour [it] out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עוֹלָל֙ | olal | child[ren] | H5768 → | 20 times |
| בַּח֔וּץ | bachutz | in the street | H2351 → | 164 times |
| וְעַ֛ל | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| ס֥וֹד | sod | [the] gathering of | H5475 → | 21 times |
| בַּחוּרִ֖ים | bachurim | young men | H970 → | 44 times |
| יַחְדָּ֑ו | yachdav | alike | H3162 → | 141 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| גַם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אִ֤ישׁ | ʾish | a husband | H376 → | 1663 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אִשָּׁה֙ | ʾishah | a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| יִלָּכֵ֔דוּ | yilakhedu | they will be caught | H3920 → | 121 times |
| זָקֵ֖ן | zaken | [the] old | H2205 → | 178 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מְלֵ֥א | mele' | [the] full of | H4392 → | 64 times |
| יָמִֽים׃ | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וְאֵת֩and <obj.>
veetH854 →929 times
חֲמַ֨ת[the] rage of
chamatH2534 →125 times
יְהוָ֤ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מָלֵ֙אתִי֙I am full
maletiH4390 →249 times
נִלְאֵ֣יתִיI am weary
nileitiH3811 →19 times
הָכִ֔ילto hold [it] in
hakhilH3557 →38 times
שְׁפֹ֤ךְpour [it] out
shefokhH8210 →114 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
עוֹלָל֙child[ren]
olalH5768 →20 times
בַּח֔וּץin the street
bachutzH2351 →164 times
וְעַ֛לand on
vealH5921 →5755 times
ס֥וֹד[the] gathering of
sodH5475 →21 times
בַּחוּרִ֖יםyoung men
bachurimH970 →44 times
יַחְדָּ֑וalike
yachdavH3162 →141 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
גַם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אִ֤ישׁa husband
ʾishH376 →1663 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אִשָּׁה֙a wife
ʾishahH802 →781 times
יִלָּכֵ֔דוּthey will be caught
yilakheduH3920 →121 times
זָקֵ֖ן[the] old
zakenH2205 →178 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
מְלֵ֥א[the] full of
mele'H4392 →64 times
יָמִֽים׃days
yamimH3117 →2304 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
Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of…
it leads to
- Psalms 39:3
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
- Job 32:18–20
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- Acts 4:20
For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:16–17
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
- Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
- Psalms 39:3
Through
Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
it leads to
- Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger.…
- Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished…
- Zephaniah 3:8
Through
Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
it leads to
- Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isaiah 58:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.