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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 12:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 12:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou hast planted [05193] them, yea, they have taken root [08327]: they grow [03212], yea, they bring forth [06213] fruit [06529]: thou art near [07138] in their mouth [06310], and far from [07350] their reins [03629]. |
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King James |
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
grow--literally "go on," "progress." Thou givest them sure dwellings and increasing prosperity.
near in . . . mouth . . . far from . . . reins-- (Isa 29:13; Mat 15:8). Hypocrites. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Their veins - i. e., their heart. The reins were regarded by the Jews as the seat of the affections. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Far - Thou art far from their inward parts, they neither fear thee, nor love thee. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou art near in their mouth - They have no sincerity: they have something of the form of religion, but nothing of its power. |
8 This [3778] people [2992] draweth nigh [1448] unto me [3427] with their [846] mouth [4750], and [2532] honoureth [5091] me [3165] with their lips [5491]; but [1161] their [846] heart [2588] is [568] far [4206] from [575] me [1700].
13 Wherefore the Lord [0136] said [0559], Forasmuch [03282] as this people [05971] draw near [05066] me with their mouth [06310], and with their lips [08193] do honour [03513] me, but have removed [07368] their heart [03820] far [07368] from me, and their fear [03374] toward me is taught [03925] by the precept [04687] of men [0582]: