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Book of Jeremiah
Chapter 6  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:6 JFB -> Commentary on 6:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:6 WEN -> Notes on 6:6 NTB -> Armies TTT -> Trees SBD -> Mount 6:6 - [In Context] This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Cut down the trees around Jerusalem. And build a siege mound F40 against it. This city should be punished. Inside this city is nothing but oppression.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:7 JFB -> Commentary on 6:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:7 TSK -> Commentary on 6:7 TSK -> Entry for 6:7 WEN -> Notes on 6:7 NTB -> Depravity Of Man; Wicked (People) TTT -> Fountains and Springs SBD -> Be-er-lahai-roi 6:7 - [In Context] A well keeps its water fresh. In the same way, Jerusalem keeps its wickedness fresh. I hear about the looting and violence in this city all the time. I see the pain and sickness in Jerusalem all the time.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:8 JFB -> Commentary on 6:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:8 TSK -> Commentary on 6:8 TSK -> Entry for 6:8 WEN -> Notes on 6:8 NTB -> Repentance 6:8 - [In Context] Listen to this warning, Jerusalem. If you don't listen then I will turn my back on you. I will make your land an empty desert. No person will be able to live there."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:9 JFB -> Commentary on 6:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:9 TSK -> Commentary on 6:9 TSK -> Entry for 6:9 WEN -> Notes on 6:9 EBD -> Basket; Grape SBD -> Basket; Vine; Wine 6:9 - [In Context] This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Gather F41 the people of Israel that were left on their land. Gather them the way you would gather the last grapes on a grapevine. Check each vine, like a worker checks each vine when he picks the grapes."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:10 JFB -> Commentary on 6:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:10 TSK -> Commentary on 6:10 TSK -> Entry for 6:10 WEN -> Notes on 6:10 NTB -> Circumcision; Impenitence; Word Of God TTT -> Circumcision; Delighting in God; Ear, The EBD -> Circumcision 6:10 - [In Context] Who can I speak to? Who can I warn? Who will listen to me? The people of Israel have closed their ears, so they can't hear my warnings. The people don't like the Lord's teachings. They don't want to hear his message.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:11 JFB -> Commentary on 6:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:11 TSK -> Commentary on 6:11 TSK -> Entry for 6:11 WEN -> Notes on 6:11 6:11 - [In Context] But I (Jeremiah) am full of the Lord's anger! I am tired of holding it in! "Pour out the Lord's anger on the children that play in the street. Pour out the Lord's anger on the young men that gather together. A man and his wife will both be captured. All the old people will be captured.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:12 JFB -> Commentary on 6:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:12 TSK -> Commentary on 6:12 TSK -> Entry for 6:12 WEN -> Notes on 6:12 6:12 - [In Context] Their houses will be given to other people. Their fields and their wives will be given to other people. I will raise my hand and punish the people of Judah." This message was from the Lord.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:13 JFB -> Commentary on 6:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:13 TSK -> Commentary on 6:13 TSK -> Entry for 6:13 WEN -> Notes on 6:13 NTB -> Covetousness; Minister, Christian TTT -> Covetousness; Injustice; Jews, The; Priests; Sins, National 6:13 - [In Context] "All the people of Israel want more and more money. All the people, from the least important to the most important people, are like that. All the people, from prophets to priests tell lies.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:14 JFB -> Commentary on 6:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:14 TSK -> Commentary on 6:14 TSK -> Entry for 6:14 WEN -> Notes on 6:14 NTB -> Confidence; Minister, Christian; Nation TTT -> Ministers; Peace, Spiritual; Prophets, False 6:14 - [In Context] My people have been hurt very badly. The prophets and priests should bandage those wounds. But they treat those wounds like they are only a small scratch. They say, 'It is all right, everything is fine!' But it is not all right!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:15 JFB -> Commentary on 6:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:15 TSK -> Commentary on 6:15 TSK -> Entry for 6:15 WEN -> Notes on 6:15 NTB -> Blushing; Conscience; Wicked (People) TTT -> Injustice 6:15 - [In Context] The priests and prophets should be ashamed of the bad things they do. But they are not ashamed at all. They don't know enough to be embarrassed of their sins. So they will be punished with everyone else. They will be thrown to the ground when I punish the people." The Lord said those things.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:16 JFB -> Commentary on 6:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:16 TSK -> Commentary on 6:16 TSK -> Entry for 6:16 WEN -> Notes on 6:16 NTB -> Backsliders; Impenitence; Repentance; Walking; Way TTT -> Call of God, The; Self-will and Stubbornness TV -> Devotional using 6:16 TV -> Devotional using 6:16 TV -> Devotional using 6:16 6:16 - [In Context] The Lord says these things: "Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask where the old road is. Ask where the good road is, and walk on that road. If you do, you will find rest for yourselves. But you people have said, 'We will not walk on the good road!'
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 6:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 6:17 JFB -> Commentary on 6:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 6:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 6:17 TSK -> Commentary on 6:17 TSK -> Entry for 6:17 WEN -> Notes on 6:17 NTB -> Impenitence; Trumpet EBD -> Watches 6:17 - [In Context] I chose watchmen to watch over you. I told them, 'Listen for the sound of the war trumpet.' But they said, 'We will not listen!'
FOOTNOTES: F40: siege mound   A large pile of dirt and rock that an army put against the wall of a city they were attacking. This made it easier for the enemy soldiers to climb over the wall into the city. F41: Gather   Or "Glean." Farmers were supposed to leave a little of their grain and other crops in the field. In this way, poor people and travelers could always find something to eat. Gathering this leftover grain is called gleaning.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.