Jeremiah 5:17

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	וְאָכַ֨ל ve.'a.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
harvest	קְצִֽירְךָ֜ ke.tzi.re.Cha	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bread	וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָ ve.lach.Me.kha	H3899	food (for man or beast) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
sons	בָּנֶ֣יךָ ba.Nei.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
daughters	וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יךָ u.ve.no.Tei.kha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
eat	יֹאכְלוּ֙ yo.khe.Lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
up	יֹאכַ֤ל yo.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
flocks	צֹאנְךָ֙ tzo.ne.Kha	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
herds	וּבְקָרֶ֔ךָ u.ve.ka.Re.cha	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
up	יֹאכַ֥ל yo.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
vines	גַּפְנְךָ֖ gaf.ne.Kha	H1612	a vine (as twining) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
trees	וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָ u.te.'e.na.Te.kha	H8384	the fig (tree or fruit) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
impoverish	יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁ ye.ro.Shesh	H7567	to demolish · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fenced	מִבְצָרֶ֗יךָ miv.tza.Rei.kha	H4013	a fortification · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
cities	עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
thou	הֵנָּה hênnâh	H2007	themselves (often used emphatic for the copula
trustedst	בּוֹטֵ֥חַ bo.Te.ach	H982	figuratively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
sword	בֶּחָֽרֶב be.Cha.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause…
Deuteronomy 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway…
Hosea 8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities,…
Deuteronomy 28:30-31 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant…
Judges 6:3-4 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up agains…
Isaiah 62:9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my…
Isaiah 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and m…
Jeremiah 1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:10-19

We may observe in these verses, as before, I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer 5:10. But is there not a cause? Yes; for, 1. They have deserted the law of God (Jer 5:11): The house of Israel and the house of Judah, though at variance with one another, yet both agreed to deal very treacherously against God. They forsook the worship of him, and therein violated their covenants with him; they revolted from him, and played the hypocrite with him. 2. They have defied the judgments of God and given the lie to his threatenings in the mouth of his prophets, Jer 5:12, Jer 5:13. They were often told th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:17

(Lev 26:16).

John Gill on Jeremiah 5:17

And they shall eat up thine harvest,.... The standing corn in the fields, cut it down, and give it as fodder to their horses, which is usually done by armies; or the increase of the earth, when gathered into the barn, which so great an army would consume: and thy bread; which includes all kind of provisions: which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; which is an aggravation of the calamity and misery, that that should become the prey of their enemies, which they with so much labour and pains had provided for their children, who would now be deprived of it, and suffer want, The Targum renders it, "shall kill thy sons and thy daughters;'' that is, with the sword; and so Kimchi interprets…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 5:17

Jeremiah 5:17 17. And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 17. Et vorabit messem tuam et panem tuum; vorabunt filios tuos et filias tuas; vorabunt greges tuos et armenta tua; vorabunt vitem tuam et ficum tuam; ad inopiam redigent urbes munitionum tuarum, in quibus tu confidis, per gladium. He continues to speak in a similar way of the cruelty of their enemies; as though he said that victory was already in their hand, for they were the scourges of God. He does not…

Dictionary and topics

Armies · Devastation occasioned by — Devastation occasioned by
Confidence · FALSE — FALSE
Fig Tree, The · The Jews punished by: Enemies devouring fruit of — The Jews punished by: Enemies devouring fruit of
Judgments · Are frequently tempered with mercy — Are frequently tempered with mercy

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 5:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:17

John Gill on Jeremiah 5:17

John Calvin on Jeremiah 5:17

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 5:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:17

John Gill on Jeremiah 5:17

John Calvin on Jeremiah 5:17

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 5:17-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 5:16-17

Rashi on Jeremiah 5:17