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.
Jeremiah 10:18 in other translations
| BSB | For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.” |
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| WEB | For the LORD says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.” |
| ASV | For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it. |
| YLT | For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out. |
| DARBY | For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will this time sling out the inhabitants of the land, and will distress them, that they may be found. |
| BBE | For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Jeremiah 10:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Jeremiah 10:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 10:18
- 1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
- Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
- Deuteronomy 28:63-64
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
- Jeremiah 15:1-2
Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
- Jeremiah 16:13
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
- Ezekiel 6:10
And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
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Context
- 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.
- Jeremiah 10:19
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Jeremiah 10:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que esta vez arrojaré con honda los moradores de la tierra, y he de afligirlos, para que lo hallen. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Voici, cette fois je vais lancer, comme avec une fronde, les habitants du pays; et je ferai venir sur eux la détresse, afin qu’on les trouve. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn so spricht Jehova: Siehe, ich werde diesmal die Bewohner des Landes hinwegschleudern und sie ängstigen damit sie sie finden. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego longe projiciam habitatores terræ in hac vice, et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur. |