Jeremiah 6 · Verse 18

Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Jeremiah 6:18, King James Version

Jeremiah 6:18 in other translations

BSBTherefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
WEBTherefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
ASVTherefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
YLTTherefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which is upon them.
DARBYTherefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what is among them.
BBESo then, give ear, you nations, and...
WebsterTherefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

What does Jeremiah 6:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. congregation--parallel to "nations"; it therefore means the gathered peoples who are invited to be witnesses as to how great is the perversity of the Israelites (Jr 6:16, 17), and that they deserve the severe punishment about to be inflicted on them (Jr 6:19). what is among them--what deeds are committed by the Israelites (Jr 6:16, 17) [Maurer]. Or, "what punishments are about to be inflicted on them" [Calvin].

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 6:18-30
God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's judgments, though they see them only in the threatenings. They are the worst of revolters, and are all corrupters. Sinners soon become tempters. They are compared to ore supposed to have good metal in it, but which proves all dross. Nothing will prevail to part between them and their sins. Reprobate silver shall they be called, useless and worthless. When warnings, corrections, rebukes, and all means of grace, leave men unrenewed, they will be left, as rejected of God, to everlasting misery. Let us pray, then, that we may be refined by the Lord, as silver is refined.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 6:18 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.

לָכֵ֖ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
שִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UlistenH8085
הַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimO nationsH1471
וּדְעִ֥יu.de.'Iand knowH3045
עֵדָ֖ה'e.DahO congregationH5712
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834
בָּֽם\׃Bam[is] in <the> them

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 6:18

  • Psalms 50:4-6

    He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

  • Micah 6:5

    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 5:3

    And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

  • Jeremiah 4:10

    Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

  • Deuteronomy 29:24-28

    Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: …

  • Jeremiah 31:10

    Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hear.
4:10; 31:10; De 29:24-28; Ps 50:4-6; Isa 5:3; Mic 6:5

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 6:17

    Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

  • Jeremiah 6:18

    Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

  • Jeremiah 6:19

    Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

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Jeremiah 6:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto oid, gentes, y conoce, oh conjunto de ellas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi, écoutez, nations; et toi, assemblée, sache ce qui est au milieu d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum höret, ihr Nationen, und wisse du Gemeinde, was wider sie geschieht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ideo audite, gentes, et cognosce, congregatio, quanta ego faciam eis.