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Jeremiah 5:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 5:17

Verse 17 of 31

Scripture focus

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

Jeremiah 5:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 5:17

Theological / Devotional

They shall eat up. Compare Deut. 28:30, 48, 51.

Which thy sons. The clause reads literally, “They shall eat thy sons and thy daughters.” The “eating,” or “devouring,” then can be taken in the general sense of destroying, or consuming.

Impoverish. Heb. rashash, “to shatter.” The LXX reads “thresh.” Judah’s defenses would be completely smashed (see Deut. 28:52).

Sword. Here a general term for all weapons of war (see Jer. 33:4; cf. Eze. 26:9).

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