Jeremiah Chapter 28 verse 8 Holy Bible
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.
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The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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The prophets who have been before me, and before thee, from of old, even they prophesy concerning many lands, and concerning great kingdoms, of battle, and of evil, and of pestilence.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) The prophets that have been before me and before thee . . .--The appeal to the past is of the nature of an inductive argument. The older prophets whose names were held in honour had not spoken smooth things. They had not prophesied of peace; war, pestilence, and famine had been the burden of their predictions. And there was, therefore, an antecedent probability in favour of one who spoke in the same tone now, rather than of those who held out flattering hopes of peace and victory. The onus probandi in such a conflict of claims lay with the latter, not the former. Prophecies like those of Elijah (1Kings 17:1; 1Kings 21:21-24), Micaiah (1Kings 22:17), Elisha (2Kings 8:1), Joel (Joel 1:1-20), Hosea (Hosea 2:11-12), Amos (Amos 1-4), Micah (Micah 3:12), Isaiah (Isaiah 2-6), were probably in Jeremiah's thoughts. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֗ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophetof oldהָֽעוֹלָ֑ם (hā·‘ō·w·lām)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, alwayswhoאֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatprecededהָי֧וּ (hā·yū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beyouמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofand meוּלְפָנֶ֖יךָ (ū·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6440: The faceprophesiedוַיִּנָּ֨בְא֜וּ (way·yin·nā·ḇə·’ū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspirationwar,לְמִלְחָמָ֖ה (lə·mil·ḥā·māh)Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 4421: A battle, wardisaster,וּלְרָעָ֥ה (ū·lə·rā·‘āh)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 7451: Bad, eviland plagueוּלְדָֽבֶר׃ (ū·lə·ḏā·ḇer)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1698: A pestilenceagainstאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tomanyרַבּוֹת֙ (rab·bō·wṯ)Adjective - feminine pluralStrong's 7227: Much, many, greatlandsאֲרָצ֤וֹת (’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 776: Earth, landand greatגְּדֹל֔וֹת (gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ)Adjective - feminine pluralStrong's 1419: Great, older, insolentkingdoms.מַמְלָכ֣וֹת (mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reignJump to PreviousAncient Battle Calamity Countries Destruction Disaster Disease Early Evil Famine Great Kingdoms Lands Pestilence Plague Preceded Prophesied Prophesy Prophets Times War Word
