Jeremiah 26:6
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Jeremiah 26:6 in other translations
| BSB | then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’” |
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| WEB | then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’” |
| ASV | then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. |
| YLT | Then I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.' |
| DARBY | — then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. |
| BBE | Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this town a curse to all the nations of the earth. |
| Webster | Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. |
What does Jeremiah 26:6 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 26:1-6
The destruction of the temple and city foretold. (Jr 26:1-6) Jeremiah's life is threatened. (Jr 26:7-15) He is defended by the elders. (Jr 26:16-24) Verses 1-6 God's ambassadors must not seek to please men, or to save themselves from harm. See how God waits to be gracious. If they persisted in disobedience, it would ruin their city and temple. Can any thing else be expected? Those who will not be subject to the…
Jeremiah 26:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 26:6
- Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- 2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 65:15
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
- Jeremiah 25:18
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
- Daniel 9:11
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
- 1 Samuel 4:19-22
And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
- Psalms 78:60-64
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand. He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. …
- Jeremiah 7:12-14
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
- 1 Samuel 4:10-12
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
- Malachi 4:6
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
- Isaiah 43:28
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
- Jeremiah 44:22
So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
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Context
- Jeremiah 26:5
To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
- Jeremiah 26:6
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 26:7
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 26:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Yo pondré esta casa como Silo, y daré esta ciudad en maldición á todas las gentes de la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | je rendrai cette maison comme Silo, et je livrerai cette ville pour être une malédiction à toutes les nations de la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so will ich dieses Haus wie Silo machen, und diese Stadt werde ich zum Fluche machen allen Nationen der Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | dabo domum istam sicut Silo, et urbem hanc dabo in maledictionem cunctis gentibus terræ. |