Jeremiah 5 · Verse 30

Jeremiah 5:30

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
Jeremiah 5:30, King James Version

Jeremiah 5:30 in other translations

BSBA horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
WEB“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
ASVA wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
YLTAn astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.
DARBYAn appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:
BBEA thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;
WebsterA wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

What does Jeremiah 5:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
30. (Jr 23:14; Ho 6:10).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed on the land - Dahler translates: "Strange crimes and horrible trespasses have been committed in the land." These have been already detailed; but this may refer to what follows.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 5:19-31

Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and…

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Jeremiah 5:30 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.

שַׁמָּה֙sha.Mahan atrocious eventH8047
וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔הve.Sha.'a.ru.Rahand a horrible [thing]H8186
נִהְיְתָ֖הnih.ye.Tahit has occurredH1961
בָּאָֽרֶץ\׃ba.'A.retzin the landH776

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 5:30

  • Jeremiah 23:14

    I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

  • Hosea 6:10

    I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • Isaiah 1:2

    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • Jeremiah 2:12

    Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A wonderful and horrible thing. or, Astonishment andfilthiness.
2:12; 23:14; Isa 1:2; Ho 6:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 5:29

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Jeremiah 5:30

    A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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Jeremiah 5:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cosa espantosa y fea es hecha en la tierra:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Une chose étonnante et horrible est arrivée dans le pays:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Entsetzliches und Schauderhaftes ist im Lande geschehen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra: