“Therefore, listen to this, all you nations. Take note of my people’s situation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
- KJV Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
- BSB Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
- NKJV Therefore hear, you nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.
- NASB “Therefore hear, you nations, And know, you congregation, what is among them.
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Quick answer
God summons the nations as witnesses to what is happening among His people. The judgment of Judah is a public testimony of God's justice.
Overview
Calling the nations and the 'congregation' to observe frames the coming judgment as a legal verdict witnessed by all. God's dealings with Israel were meant to teach the watching world about His character. Even His judgment proclaims that He is righteous and not to be trifled with.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Isa 5:3“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
- Deut 29:24–28even all the nations will say, “Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?”
- Jer 31:10“Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
- Ps 50:4–6He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
- Jer 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
- Mic 6:5My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
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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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