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Jeremiah 46:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 46:10

Verse 10 of 28

Scripture focus

For this [is] the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 46:10

Theological / Devotional

Lord God of hosts. On the meaning of this expression see on ch. 7:3.

Sword shall devour. In the Hebrew, swords are represented as having mouths. Thus “the edge of the sword” is literally “the mouth of the sword” (Gen. 34:26); a “two-edged sword” is literally “a sword of mouths” (Prov. 5:4). The handles of swords were sometimes constructed in the shape of an animal’s head, with the blade protruding from the beast’s mouth.

Sacrifice. Heb. zebach, from zabach, “to sacrifice,” or “to slaughter.” Here the root meaning, “slaughter,” seems the more prominent idea.

North country. See on ch. 1:14.

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