Jeremiah 10 · Verse 17

Jeremiah 10:17

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

Jeremiah 10:17, King James Version

Jeremiah 10:17 in other translations

BSB	Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
WEB	Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
ASV	Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.
YLT	Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
DARBY	Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.
BBE	Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.
Webster	Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

What does Jeremiah 10:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. wares--thine effects or movable goods (Eze 12:3). Prepare for migrating as captives to Babylon. The address is to Jerusalem, as representative of the whole people. inhabitant of the fortress--rather, "inhabitress of the fortress." Though thou now seemest to inhabit an impregnable fortress, thou shalt have to remove. "The land" is the champaign region opposed to the "fortified" cities. The "fortress" being taken, the whole "land" will share the disaster. Henderson translates, "Gather up thy packages from the ground." Rosenmuller, for "fortress," translates, "siege," that is, the besieged city. The various articles, in this view, are supposed to be lying about in confusion on the ground during the siege.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 Gather up thy wares - Pack up your goods, or what necessaries of life your enemies will permit you to carry away; for,

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 10:17-25

The Jews who continued in their own land, felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that its threatenings are not empty terrors. Submission will support the believer under every grief allotted to him; but what can render the load of Divine vengeance easy to be borne by those who fall under it in sullen despair? Those cannot expect to prosper, who do not, by faith and prayer, take God with them in all their ways. The report of the enemy's approach was very dreadful. Yet the designs which men lay deep, and think well formed, are dashed to pieces in a moment. Events are often overruled, so as to be quite contrary to what we intended and expected. If the Lord has directed our steps into the ways of peace and righteousness, let us entreat him to enable us to walk therein. Say not, Lord, do not correct me; but, Lord, do not correct me in anger. We may bear the smart of God's rod, but we cannot bear the weight of his wrath. Those who restrain prayer, prove that they know not God; for those who know him will seek him, and seek his favour. If even severe corrections lead sinners to be convinced of wholesome truths, they will have abundant cause for gratitude. And they will then humble themselves before the Lord.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 10:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִסְפִּ֥י'is.Pigather upH622

מֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] groundH776

כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְkin.'a.Tekhbundle yourH3666

יֹשֶׁ֖בֶתyo.shav.tiO [you who] dwellH3427

בַּמָּצֽוֹר\׃\ \סba.ma.Tzorin the siegeH4692

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 10:17

Ezekiel 12:3-12
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. …
Jeremiah 6:1
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Micah 2:10
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
Matthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 3404. B.C. 600. thy wares.
6:1; Eze 12:3-12; Mic 2:10; Mt 24:15
inhabitant. Heb. inhabitress.
21:13; *marg:

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Context

Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 10:17
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Jeremiah 10:18
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

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Jeremiah 10:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Recoge de las tierras tus mercaderías, la que moras en lugar fuerte.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ramasse, et porte hors du pays ce qui t’appartient, toi qui habites la forteresse.
German Elberfelder 1871	Raffe dein Gepäck zusammen aus dem Lande, du Bewohnerin der Festung
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Congrega de terra confusionem tuam, quæ habitas in obsidione: