Jeremiah 5:20

King James Version

Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Declare this in the house of Jacob; proclaim it in Judah, saying:

Hebrew Names Version
Declare you this in the house of Ya`akov, and publish it in Yehudah, saying,

English Standard Version
Declare this in the house of Jacob; proclaim it in Judah:

New American Standard Bible
"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

New Century Version
"Announce this message to the family of Jacob, and tell it to the nation of Judah:

Amplified Bible
"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying:

World English Bible
Declare you this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Declare this in the house of Iaakob, and publish it in Iudah, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Declare this in the house of JacobAnd cause it to be heard in Judah, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

Contemporary English Version
Tell these things to each other, you people of Judah, you descendants of Jacob.

Complete Jewish Bible
Announce this in the house of Ya‘akov, proclaim it in Y'hudah; say:

Darby Translation
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Tell this message to the family of Jacob, and tell it in the nation of Judah.

George Lamsa Translation
Declare this in the house of Jacob and publish it in Judah, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord says, "Tell the descendants of Jacob, tell the people of Judah:

Lexham English Bible
"Declare this in the house of Jacob, and proclaim it in Judah, saying,

Literal Translation
Declare this in the house of Jacob and cry it in Judah, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Preach this vnto the house of Iacob, & crie it out in Iuda, and saye thus:

American Standard Version
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and announce it in Judah, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Declare this in the house of Iacob, and publish it in Iudah saying;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Preach this vnto the house of Iacob, and crye it out in Iuda, and say thus:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda.

English Revised Version
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Telle ye this to the hous of Jacob, and make ye herd in Juda, and seie ye,

Update Bible Version
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

New English Translation
"Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

New King James Version
"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

New Living Translation
"Make this announcement to Israel, and say this to Judah:

New Life Bible
"Make this known in the family of Jacob and in Judah, saying,

New Revised Standard
Declare this in the house of Jacob, proclaim it in Judah:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Tell ye this, throughout the house of Jacob, - And let it be heard throughout Judah saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Declare this in the house of Jacob, proclaim it in Judah:

Young's Literal Translation
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,

THE MESSAGE
"Tell the house of Jacob this, put out this bulletin in Judah: Listen to this, you scatterbrains, airheads, With eyes that see but don't really look, and ears that hear but don't really listen. Why don't you honor me? Why aren't you in awe before me? Yes, me, who made the shorelines to contain the ocean waters. I drew a line in the sand that cannot be crossed. Waves roll in but cannot get through; breakers crash but that's the end of them. But this people—what a people! Uncontrollable, untameable runaways. It never occurs to them to say, ‘How can we honor our God with our lives, The God who gives rain in both spring and autumn and maintains the rhythm of the seasons, Who sets aside time each year for harvest and keeps everything running smoothly for us?' Of course you don't! Your bad behavior blinds you to all this. Your sins keep my blessings at a distance.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, ²¹ Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: ²² Fear ye not me? saith the Lord : will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? ²³ But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. ²⁴ Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Declare this in the house of Jacob,.... That a mighty nation should come and destroy them, and they should be servants in a strange land; or rather the words seem to be an order to declare war against the Jews, and even in their own land; and do not seem to be addressed to the prophet, but to others, seeing the words are in the plural number; see Jeremiah 4:5:

and publish it in Judah: the house of Jacob and Judah are the same, namely, the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah; for, as for the ten tribes, as observed on Jeremiah 5:15, they had been carried captive before this time:

saying: as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Against the God

(1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and

(2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24,

They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root.

Jeremiah 5:22

The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has imposed upon it laws which it must obey, and keeps it in its appointed place, not by barriers of iron but by a belt of sand. Modern science has shown that the resisting power of sand is enormous. A wave which would shatter rocks fails powerless upon sand.

Can they not prevail - The opposite of “thou couldest” Jeremiah 3:5. The sea, the mightiest of God’s works, cannot prevail, cannot break God’s laws, because He has not endowed it with free-will. Man, physically impotent, can prevail, because, being made in God’s image, he is free.

Jeremiah 5:23

The heart, or will of the Jews was first “revolting,” literally a will that “drew back” from God, because it disliked His service; and secondly it was “rebellious,” a will that actively resisted Him. Compare Deuteronomy 21:18, Deuteronomy 21:20.

Jeremiah 5:24

As God’s Providence addresses itself chiefly to the thoughtful, Jeremiah says in their heart. By the intelligent study of God’s dealings men perceive that they are not merely acts of power but also of love.

The appointed weeks - literally, He guardeth, maintaineth, for us the weeks which are the statutes or settled laws “of the harvest.” These were the seven weeks from the Passover to Pentecost, and were as important for the ingathering of the crops as the rainy seasons for their nourishment.

Jeremiah 5:25

It was not that the rains did not fall, or that the harvest weeks were less bright; the good was there, but the wickedness of the community blocked up the channels, through which it shou d have reached the people. The lawlessness and injustice of the times kept the mass of the people in poverty.

Jeremiah 5:26

Rather, he spieth about like the crouching down of fowlers; they have set the fatal snare; “they catch men.”

Trap - literally, “The destroyer;” it was probably a gin, which strangled the birds caught in it.

Jeremiah 5:27

Deceit - The wealth gained by deceit and fraud.

Jeremiah 5:28

Fatness is admired in the East as a sign of wealth.

They shine - This word is used of the sleekness of the skin, soft and smooth as ivory.

They overpass the deeds of the wicked - literally, “They have overpassed words of wickedness,” i. e., they go to excess in wickedness.

Yet they prosper - Or, that they (the orphans) may prosper, enjoy their rights.

Jeremiah 5:30

Rather, A terrible “and horrible thing” has happened “in the land.”

Jeremiah 5:31

Bear rule by their means - Rather, “The priests” rule at their hands, i. e., govern according to their false prophecies, guidance, and directions.

My people love to have it so - False teaching lightens the yoke of God’s Law, and removes His fear from the conscience: and with this, man is ready to be content.