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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 32:26

The Lord explained:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baruch;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
Hebrew Names Version
Then came the word of the LORD to Yirmeyahu, saying,
King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke this word to Jeremiah:
Amplified Bible
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
World English Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiah, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Complete Jewish Bible
Then this word of Adonai came to Yirmeyahu:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then this message from the Lord came to Jeremiah:
George Lamsa Translation
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me, sayenge:
American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiah, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with his brother, and all the kingdom s which are on the face of the earth.
English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, and seide, Lo!
Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord answered Jeremiah.
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
New Living Translation
Then this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord :
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh, unto Jeremiah, saying: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto Jeremiah, saying:
THE MESSAGE
Then God 's Message came again to Jeremiah: "Stay alert! I am God , the God of everything living. Is there anything I can't do? So listen to God 's Message: No doubt about it, I'm handing this city over to the Babylonians and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He'll take it. The attacking Chaldeans will break through and burn the city down: All those houses whose roofs were used as altars for offerings to Baal and the worship of who knows how many other gods provoked me. It isn't as if this were the first time they had provoked me. The people of Israel and Judah have been doing this for a long time—doing what I hate, making me angry by the way they live." God 's Decree.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

Contextual Overview

26 The Lord explained: 27 Jeremiah, I am the Lord God. I rule the world, and I can do anything! 28 It is true that I am going to let King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia capture Jerusalem. 29 The Babylonian army is already attacking, and they will capture the city and set it on fire. The people of Jerusalem have made me angry by going up to the flat roofs of their houses and burning incense to Baal and offering wine sacrifices to other gods. Now these houses will be burned to the ground! 30The kings and the officials, the priests and the prophets, and everyone else in Israel and Judah have turned from me and made me angry by worshiping idols. Again and again I have tried to teach my people to obey me, but they refuse to be corrected. I am going to get rid of Jerusalem, because its people have done nothing but evil. 34 They have set up disgusting idols in my temple, and now it isn't a fit place to worship me. 35 And they led Judah into sin by building places to worship Baal in Hinnom Valley, where they also sacrificed their sons and daughters to the god Molech. I have never even thought of telling them to commit such disgusting sins. 36 Jeremiah, what you said is true. The people of Jerusalem are suffering from hunger and disease, and so the king of Babylonia will be able to capture Jerusalem. 37 I am angry at the people of Jerusalem, and I will scatter them in foreign countries. But someday I will bring them back here and let them live in safety. 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 32:1
As Jacob was on his way back home, some of God's angels came and met him.
Genesis 32:6
When the messengers returned, they told Jacob, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is heading this way with four hundred men."
Genesis 32:7
Jacob was so frightened that he divided his people, sheep, cattle, and camels into two groups.
Genesis 32:8
He thought, "If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape."
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed: You, Lord , are the God who was worshiped by my grandfather Abraham and by my father Isaac. You told me to return home to my family, and you promised to be with me and make me successful.
Genesis 32:12
But you have promised that I would be a success and that someday it will be as hard to count my descendants as it is to count the stars in the sky.
Genesis 32:13
After Jacob had spent the night there, he chose some animals as gifts for Esau:
Genesis 32:28
The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel."
Genesis 32:29
Jacob said, "Now tell me your name." "Don't you know who I am?" he asked. And he blessed Jacob.
Exodus 32:10
and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,.... This is an answer to the prophet's prayer, and particularly to the latter part of it; showing the consistency of the destruction of the city with his purchase of a field, and with God's promise of fields and vineyards being purchased and possessed again; and how each of these would be brought about:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer is divided into two parts;

(a) Jeremiah 32:26-35, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment:

(b) Jeremiah 32:36-44, this punishment was not for Judah’s destruction, but for her amendment.

Jeremiah 32:28

I will give - Or, I am giving.

Jeremiah 32:30

From their youth - God’s mighty deeds for Israel began in Egypt Jeremiah 32:20, and so did Israel’s sin.

Jeremiah 32:34, Jeremiah 32:35

These verses are repeated from Jeremiah 7:30-31, but with two important variations. Baal is put for Tophet, and to Molech instead of in the fire. Molech the king and Baal the lord are different names of the sun-god, but in altered relations. Molech is the sun as the mighty fire, which in passing through the signs of the Zodiac burns up its own children. It is an old Canaanite worship, carried by the Phoenicians to all their colonies, and firmly established in Palestine at the time when the Israelites conquered the country.

Jeremiah 32:39

One heart, and one way - Compare Jeremiah 3:13. Under the new covenant they will with one consent walk in the one narrow path of right-doing Matthew 7:14. Forever, i. e., every day, constantly.

Jeremiah 32:40

God’s new covenant Jeremiah 31:31 is on God’s side, I will not turn away from them to do them good, i. e., I will never cease from doing them good. On their side, I will put My fear in their hearts that they depart not from Me. In these two conditions consists the certainty of the eternal duration of the covenant Matthew 28:20.

Jeremiah 32:41

Assuredly - literally, in truth, i. e., in verity, in reality. It refers to God’s firm purpose, rather than to the safety and security of the people. The new covenant is one of grace, indicated by God’s rejoicing over His people, and “planting them with His whole heart.”

Jeremiah 32:43

Fields - literally, The field, the open unenclosed country Jeremiah 4:17. In Jeremiah 32:44 fields refers to the several portions of it which belonged to individuals, and of which the boundaries were shown by landmarks.

Jeremiah 32:44

Subscribe evidences - See Jeremiah 32:10. In order to bring the certainty of the return from exile more vividly before the mind, the prophet enumerates the several subdivisions of the territory of the kings of Judah.


 
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