Jeremiah 7:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 7:20

18 ^aThe children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^bpour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.

19 ^aDo they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”

20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”

21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^a“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.

22 ^aFor I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, ^a‘Obey My voice, and ^bI will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’

24 ^aYet they did not obey or incline their ear, but ^bfollowed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and ^cwent backward and not forward.

25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even ^asent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

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American Standard Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.

Contemporary English Version
And now, I, the LORD All-Powerful, will flood Judah with my fiery anger until nothing is left--no people or animals, no trees or crops.

Darby English Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place; upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Good News Bible
And so I, the Sovereign LORD, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.

King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched."

New International Version
" 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground, and it will burn and not be quenched.

New King James Version
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, My anger and My wrath will pour out on this place, on man and on beast and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not quench."

Revised Standard Version
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched."

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.

New English Translation
So,” the Lord God¹ says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land.² It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops.³ And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”

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