Jeremiah 6:12
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Their houses will be turned over to others, together with their fields and their wives, when I stretch out my hand against those who live in the land,” declares the LORD.
Read Jeremiah 6:12 Using Other Translations
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
Their houses shall be turned over to others, their fields and wives together, for I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land," declares the LORD.
Their homes will be turned over to their enemies, as will their fields and their wives. For I will raise my powerful fist against the people of this land,” says the LORD .
What does Jeremiah 6:12 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Jeremiah 6:12
And their houses shall be turned unto others
To strangers, to the Chaldeans; they shall be transferred unto
them, come into their hands, and become their property:
with their fields and wives together:
not only their houses and lands shall be taken away from them,
and put to the use of others, but even their wives; than which
nothing could be more distressing: for I will stretch out
my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith
the Lord;
the inhabitants of the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint
render it, "upon them that inhabit this land"; and so the Arabic
version: wherefore, since the Lord would exert himself in this
affair, and stretch out his hand of almighty power, as the Targum
paraphrases it,
``I will lift up the stroke of my power;''it might be depended upon that all this destruction threatened would come on them.
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