Jeremiah 14:10

Lexham English Bible

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¹⁰ Thus says Yahweh concerning this people: "They have loved so much to wander, they have not spared their feet. Therefore Yahweh is not favorable to them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins." ¹¹ So Yahweh said to me, "You must not pray for this people, for their happiness. ¹² Although they fast, I am not listening to their cry of entreaty. And although they present burnt offering and grain offering, I am not favorable to them. But by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague, I am about to destroy them." ¹³ Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, look, the prophets are saying to them, ‘You will not see the sword, and famine will not be yours, but reliable peace I will give to you in this place.'" ¹⁴ And Yahweh said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them, and I have not commanded them, and I have not spoken to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, and a divination, worthless, and the deceitfulness of their minds." ¹⁵ Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophecy in my name though I have not sent them, yet they are saying, "Sword and famine will not be in this land." "By the sword and by the famine those prophets will perish. ¹⁶ And the people to whom they are prophesying will be cast out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. And there will be no one who buries them, their wives, or their sons, or their daughters. And I will pour out on them their wickedness.

Bible Verse Review
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have they: Jeremiah 2:23-25, Jeremiah 2:36, Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 8:5, Hosea 11:7, Hosea 11:9

refrained: Jeremiah 2:25, Psalms 119:101

the Lord: Jeremiah 6:20, Amos 5:22, Malachi 1:8-13

he will: Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 44:21, Jeremiah 44:22, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Kings 17:18, Psalms 109:14, Psalms 109:15, Hosea 8:13, Hosea 9:9, Hebrews 8:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:21 - I Leviticus 7:18 - it shall Leviticus 18:25 - therefore Proverbs 1:15 - refrain Ezekiel 29:16 - bringeth Hosea 7:2 - I remember

Cross-References

Genesis 11:3
And they said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar.

Genesis 19:17
And after bringing them outside one said, "Flee for your life; do not look behind you, and do not stand anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountains lest you be destroyed."

Genesis 19:30
And Lot went out from Zoar and settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Joshua 8:24
When Israel finished slaughtering all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they all had perished, all Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with the edge of the sword.

Psalms 83:10
They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung for the ground.

Isaiah 24:18
And this shall happen: The one who flees from the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and the one who goes up from inside the pit shall be caught in the snare, for the windows from heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Jeremiah 48:44
"He who flees before the dread will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up from the pit will be caught in the trapping net, for I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment," declares Yahweh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord unto this people,.... Instead of answering the prophet directly and immediately, he first speaks to the people, and observes their sin is the cause of his conduct; and whom he does not vouchsafe to call his people; they having broken covenant with him, and so notoriously backslidden from him; but this people, this wicked and worthless people:

thus have they loved to wander; from the Lord, and out of the way of their duty, to Egypt and Assyria for help, and after strange gods, and the worship of them; and this they chose and delighted in; it arose from corrupt affections and a depraved heart:

they have not refrained their feet; from going into other lands, or into the temples of idols; wherefore, it ought not to be wondered at that the Lord was as a stranger in their land, and as a wayfaring man that tarried for a night; and hence it was that they should have enough of wandering to and fro, since they loved it; in seeking for water in their own land, and by their being carried captive into others; so the Targum,

"as they loved, so will I take vengeance on them, to cause them to be carried captive from the land of the house of my majesty; and as they have delighted themselves in the worship of idols, and from the house of my sanctuary have not refrained their feet, therefore before the Lord there is no delight in them:''

therefore the Lord doth not accept them; has no favour for them, no pleasure in them; does not accept either their persons or their services:

he will now remember their iniquity; their idolatry; their trust in others, and distrust of him; which might seem to be forgotten because he had taken no notice of them, in a providential way, to correct for them; but now he would let them know that they were had in remembrance, by causing his judgments to come upon them for them: this stands opposed to the forgiveness of sin; when God forgives sin he remembers it no more; but when he does not, but punishes for it, then he is said to remember it: and visit their; sins; or them for their sins; that is, punish them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer is addressed to the people. Jeremiah had prayed as their representative, but he must not intercede: for to the same degree that God was determined to punish them, to the same degree (thus) they love to continue their offence.” Compare Jeremiah 15:6 note.

Therefore the Lord ... - Translate:

“And Yahweh hath no pleasure in them:

Now will He remember their iniquity and visit their sins.”

Interference in their behalf is out of the question.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 14:10. Thus have they loved to wander — And the measure of your iniquity being now full, ye must be punished.