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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 16:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 16:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore, behold, I will this once [06471] cause them to know [03045], I will cause them to know [03045] mine hand [03027] and my might [01369]; and they shall know [03045] that my name [08034] is The LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. |
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] |
Therefore--In order that all may be turned from idols to Jehovah, He will now give awful proof of His divine power in the judgments He will inflict.
this once--If the punishments I have heretofore inflicted have not been severe enough to teach them.
my name . . . Lord--Jehovah (Psa 83:18): God's incommunicable name, to apply which to idols would be blasphemy. Keeping His threats and promises (Exo 6:3).
The the Septuagint omits the first four verses, but other Greek versions have them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This once - Whether we consider the greatness of the national disgrace and suffering caused by it, or its effect upon the mind of the Jews, the burning of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, followed by the captivity of the people at Babylon, stands out as the greatest manifestation of God's "hand" in all His dealings with them. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
The Lord
Or, JEHOVAH. (Psa 83:18). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Therefore - Because all the mercy I have shewed them, will not learn them to know my might, I will once for all make them to understand it, by the dreadful strokes of my vengeance. And - They shall know that my name is Jehovah; that I am not such a one as their idols, but one who have my being from myself, and give life and being to all other things, and have all might and power in my hand, and can do whatsoever I please. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Therefore, behold, I will this once - I will not now change my purpose. They shall be visited and carried into captivity; nothing shall prevent this: and they shall know that my name is Jehovah. Since they would not receive the abundance of my mercies, they shall know what the true God can do in the way of judgment. |
3 And I appeared [07200] unto Abraham [085], unto Isaac [03327], and unto Jacob [03290], by the name of God [0410] Almighty [07706], but by my name [08034] JEHOVAH [03068] was I not known [03045] to them.
18 That men may know [03045] that thou, whose name [08034] alone is JEHOVAH [03068], art the most high [05945] over all the earth [0776].
18 That men may know [03045] that thou, whose name [08034] alone is JEHOVAH [03068], art the most high [05945] over all the earth [0776].