Jeremiah Chapter 4 verse 26 Holy Bible
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, `and' before his fierce anger.
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Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath.
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I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.
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I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
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I saw, and, behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities of it were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, [and] before his fierce anger.
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I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place `is' a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - The fruitful place; rather, the garden-land (see on Jeremiah 2:7). Not "the Carmel" (Keil, Payne Smith) for the context refers to the whole of the country, not to any single tract. The article before the two appellatives is the generic. At the presence of; rather, by reason of.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) The fruitful place.--The Carmel, or vine-land, became as "the wilderness." The Hebrew article points probably to the well-known desert of the wanderings.At the presence of the Lord.--Literally, from before Jehovah, from before the heat of his anger. The original has the emphasis of repeating the preposition.