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Jeremiah 40:2

And the general of the army taking Jeremias, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jeremiah;   Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan);  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ishmael;   Johanan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Nebuzaradan;   Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dispensations;   Kings, the Books of;   Nebuzaradan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gedaliah;   Ramah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gedaliah;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Mizpah, Mizpeh;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebuzaradan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God decreed this disaster on this place,
Hebrew Names Version
The captain of the guard took Yirmeyahu, and said to him, the LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
King James Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
English Standard Version
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "The Lord your God pronounced this disaster against this place.
New American Standard Bible
Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God promised this disaster against this place;
New Century Version
When commander Nebuzaradan found Jeremiah, Nebuzaradan said to him, "The Lord your God announced this disaster would come to this place.
Amplified Bible
And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God promised this disaster on this place.
World English Bible
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the chiefe stewarde tooke Ieremiah, and said vnto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this plague vpon this place.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God promised this calamity against this place;
Berean Standard Bible
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
Contemporary English Version
Nebuzaradan said: Jeremiah, the Lord your God warned your people that he would bring disaster on this land.
Complete Jewish Bible
The commander of the guard took Yirmeyahu and said to him, " Adonai your God decreed this disaster for this place,
Darby Translation
And the captain of the body-guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place,
Easy-to-Read Version
When commander Nebuzaradan found Jeremiah, he spoke to him. He said, "Jeremiah, the Lord , your God, announced that this disaster would come to this place.
George Lamsa Translation
And the general of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil upon this place.
Good News Translation
The commanding officer took me aside and said, "The Lord your God threatened this land with destruction,
Lexham English Bible
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God threatened this disaster to this place,
Literal Translation
And the chief of the executioners took Jeremiah and said to him, Jehovah your God has spoken this evil against this place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The chefe captayne called for Ieremy, and sayde vnto him: The LORDE thy God spake mightely before off the mysery vpon this place:
American Standard Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
Bible in Basic English
And the captain of the armed men took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God gave word of the evil which was to come on this place:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him: 'The LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
King James Version (1611)
And the captaine of the gard took Ieremiah, and sayd vnto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this euill vpon this place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The chiefe captaine called for Ieremie, and sayde vnto hym, The Lorde thy God spake mightily before of the misery vpon this place.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
English Revised Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, the LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the prince of chyualrie took Jeremye, and seide to hym, Thi Lord God spak this yuel on this place,
Update Bible Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
New English Translation
The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.
New King James Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him: "The LORD your God has pronounced this doom on this place.
New Living Translation
The captain of the guard called for Jeremiah and said, "The Lord your God has brought this disaster on this land,
New Life Bible
The captain of the prison soldiers took Jeremiah and said to him, "The Lord your God promised this trouble against this place.
New Revised Standard
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then the, chief of the royal executioners took Jeremiah, - and said unto him, Yahweh thy God had threatened this calamity against this place;
Revised Standard Version
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God pronounced this evil against this place;
Young's Literal Translation
And the chief of the executioners taketh Jeremiah, and saith unto him, `Jehovah thy God hath spoken this evil concerning this place,
THE MESSAGE
The captain of the bodyguard singled out Jeremiah and said to him, "Your God pronounced doom on this place. God came and did what he had warned he'd do because you all sinned against God and wouldn't do what he told you. So now you're all suffering the consequences.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place;

Contextual Overview

1 The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, after that Nabuzardan the general had let him go from Rama, when he had taken him, being bound with chains, among all them that were carried away from Jerusalem and Juda, and were carried to Babylon. 2 And the general of the army taking Jeremias, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place, 3 And he hath brought it: and the Lord hath done as he hath said: because you have sinned against the Lord, and have not hearkened to his voice, and this word is come upon you. 4 Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go. 5 And come not with me: but dwell with Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Juda: dwell therefore with him in the midst of the people: or whithersoever it shall please thee to go, go. And the general of the army gave him victuals and presents, and let him go. 6 And Jeremias went to Godolias the son of Ahicam to Masphath: and dwelt with him in the midst of the people that were left in the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Deuteronomy 29:24-28, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, 2 Chronicles 7:20-22, Lamentations 2:15-17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:25 - Because Nehemiah 9:30 - therefore Jeremiah 11:17 - pronounced Jeremiah 15:11 - verily I Jeremiah 25:9 - Nebuchadrezzar Jeremiah 50:7 - We offend Ezekiel 20:48 - General Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen Acts 28:16 - captain

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 27:27
And over the dressers of the vine yards, was Semeias a Romathite: and over the wine cellars, Zabdias an Aphonite.
Psalms 76:10
(75-11) For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 19:12
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 19:19
He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take away, he shall add another thing.
Proverbs 27:4
Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
Acts 12:20
And he was angry with the Tyrians and the Sidonians. But they with one accord came to him: and, having gained Blastus who was the king’s chamberlain, they desired peace, because their countries were nourished by him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah,.... When he mustered his prisoners, to his great surprise he found the prophet among them, whom he took out from them, and set him free; though, before he dismissed him, he had the following conversation with him:

and said unto him, the Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil on this place; the city of Jerusalem; from whence the prophet and the rest of the captives were just brought, and which now lay in ruins; the houses burnt; the walls broken down; and the inhabitants spoiled and carried captive. This was the evil which the Lord, he says, had "decreed", as the Targum renders it; had purposed to bring upon it; and which he had declared and pronounced by the mouth of Jeremiah, whose Lord God he was, being his prophet, and a worshipper of him: this Nebuzaradan was apprized of by the Jews that deserted to the Chaldeans; and particularly, as is probable, by Gedaliah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 40:2. The Lord thy God hath pronounced — I know that thou art a true prophet, for what thou hast predicted from thy God is come to pass.


 
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