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Jeremiah 6:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 6:9

Verse 9 of 30

Scripture focus

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

Jeremiah 6:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 6:9

Theological / Devotional

Thoroughly glean. In this figure the grapes are the Jews and the gleaners the invaders, the Babylonians. The captivity and destruction would be carried on repeatedly and thoroughly (see Vol. II, pp. 95-98).

The remnant of Israel. The kingdom of Judah was all that was left of Israel in Jeremiah’s day. The ten tribes had been carried captive by the Assyrians (see Isa. 24:13; Jer. 49:9; Obadiah 5).

Turn back thine hand. Captives would be repeatedly carried off to Babylon (Jer. 52:28-30; cf. 2 Kings 24:14 ; 25:11).

Baskets. Heb. salsilloth, a word of uncertain meaning, occurring only here in the OT. Some suggest it may mean “shoots,” “branches,” or “grapes.” However, the LXX reads kartallos, “basket,” a reading supported by the Assyrian and by modern Hebrew.

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