King James Version
Jeremiah 5:16 in the King James Version says “Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.”
Jeremiah 5:16 · KJV
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is as an open”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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