O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
Parallel translations
- WEB O earth, earth, earth, hear Yahweh’s word!
- KJV O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
- NKJV O earth, earth, earth, Hear the word of the Lord!
- NASB “O land, land, land, Hear the word of the Lord!
- NLT O earth, earth, earth! Listen to this message from the Lord!
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Quick answer
The prophet calls the earth three times to hear the LORD's word. The threefold cry stresses the gravity of the pronouncement.
Overview
The emphatic triple address to the earth summons all creation to witness God's decree, a device underscoring its solemn certainty. Such a call heightens the seriousness of the judgment about to be declared on Coniah's line. It reminds readers that God's word is weighty and authoritative, demanding the attention of the whole created order.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Deut 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Mic 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- Jer 6:19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
- Mic 6:1–2Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
- Isa 1:1–2This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isa 34:1Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
- Deut 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
- Deut 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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