Jeremiah Chapter 6 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
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BBE Jeremiah 6:18

So then, give ear, you nations, and ...
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DARBY Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what is among them.
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KJV Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
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WBT Jeremiah 6:18


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WEB Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
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YLT Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which `is' upon them.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Therefore hear, etc. Remonstrance being useless, the sentence upon Israel can no longer be delayed, and Jehovah summons the nations of the earth as witnesses (comp. Micah 1:2; Isaiah 18:3; Psalm 49:1). O congregation, what is among them. The passage is obscure. "Congregation" can only refer to the foreign nations mentioned in the first clause; for Israel could not be called upon to hear the judgment "upon this people" (ver. 19). There is, however, no other passage in which the word has this reference. The words rendered "what is among them," or "what (shall happen) in them," seem unnaturally laconic, and not as weighty as one would expect after the solemn introduction. If correct, they must of course refer to the Israelites. But Graf's conjecture that the text is corrupt lies near at hand. The least alteration which will remove the difficulties of the passage is that presupposed by the rendering of Aquila (not Symmachus, as St. Jerome says; see Field's 'Hexapla') and J. D. Michaelis, "the testimony which is against them."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Therefore hear, ye nations . . .--The obstinate refusal with which the people met the summons of the prophet leads him once more to a solemn appeal (1) to the heathen nations, then (2) to the "congregation" of Israel (as in Exodus and Numbers passim), or, possibly, of mankind collectively, (3) to earth as the witness of the judgments of Jehovah.What is among them.--Better, what comes to pass for them, i.e., for the sinful people.