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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 20:6 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 20:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And thou, Pashur [06583], and all that dwell [03427] in thine house [01004] shall go [03212] into captivity [07628]: and thou shalt come [0935] to Babylon [0894], and there thou shalt die [04191], and shalt be buried [06912] there, thou, and all thy friends [0157], to whom thou hast prophesied [05012] lies [08267]. |
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King James |
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. |
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] |
prophesied lies--namely, that God cannot possibly leave this land without prophets, priests, and teachers ("the wise") (Jer 18:18; compare Jer 5:31). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou hast prophesied lies - Pushur belonged to the warlike party, whose creed it was, that Judaea by a close alliance with Egypt might resist the arms of Assyria. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And thou, Pashur-shall go into captivity - Thou shalt suffer for the false prophecies which thou hast delivered, and for thy insults to my prophet. |
31 The prophets [05030] prophesy [05012] falsely [08267], and the priests [03548] bear rule [07287] by their means [03027]; and my people [05971] love [0157] to have it so: and what will ye do [06213] in the end [0319] thereof?
18 Then said [0559] they, Come [03212], and let us devise [02803] devices [04284] against Jeremiah [03414]; for the law [08451] shall not perish [06] from the priest [03548], nor counsel [06098] from the wise [02450], nor the word [01697] from the prophet [05030]. Come [03212], and let us smite [05221] him with the tongue [03956], and let us not give heed [07181] to any of his words [01697].