King James Version
Jeremiah 4:17 in the King James Version says “As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.”
Jeremiah 4:17 · KJV
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. my very: Heb. the walls of my heart
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“As keepers”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“are they against her round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“because she hath been rebellious”
H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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