O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB O earth, earth, earth, hear Yahweh’s word!
- BSB O land, land, land, 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 ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Mic 1:2Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.
- Jer 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
- Mic 6:1–2Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Isa 1:1–2The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isa 34:1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
- Deut 31:19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Deut 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be 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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