Jeremiah 18:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 18:14

God’s Warning Rejected

12 And they said, ^a“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one¹ obey the ^bdictates of his evil heart.”

13 Therefore thus says the Lord:
^a“Ask now among the Gentiles,
Who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel has done ^ba very horrible thing.

14 Will a man¹ leave the snow water of Lebanon,
Which comes from the rock of the field?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?

15 “Because My people have forgotten ^aMe,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the ^bancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,

16 To make their land ^adesolate and a perpetual ^bhissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.

17 ^aI will¹ scatter them ^bas with an east wind before the enemy;
^cI will show them the back and not the face
In the day of their calamity.”

Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, ^a“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; ^bfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 18:14

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American Standard Version
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? `or' shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

Amplified® Bible
Will the snow of Mount Lebanon fail {and} vanish from its rocks [which tower above the land of Israel]? Will the cold, rushing waters of strange lands [that dash down from afar] be dried up?

Contemporary English Version
The snow on Lebanon's mountains never melts away, and the streams there never run dry.

Darby English Version
Shall the snow of Lebanon cease from the rock of the field? Shall the cool flowing waters coming from afar be dried up?

Good News Bible
Are Lebanon's rocky heights ever without snow? Do its cool mountain streams ever run dry?

King James Version
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

New American Standard Bible
`Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country? Or is the cold flowing water {from} a foreign {land} ever snatched away?

New International Version
Does the snow of Lebanon
ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
ever cease to flow?

New King James Version
Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon,
Which comes from the rock of the field?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country? Or has the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever become snatched away?

Revised Standard Version
Does the snow of Lebanon leave the crags of Si'rion? Do the mountain waters run dry, the cold flowing streams?

Young's Literal Translation
Doth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow?

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