Jeremiah 6:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

Jeremiah 6:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 50:4-6
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. …
Deuteronomy 29:24-28
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? …
Jeremiah 4:10
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Isaiah 5:3
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-30)

Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem (Jer. 6:18, 19): “ Hear, you nations, and know particularly, O congregation of the mighty, the great men of the nations, that take cognizance of the affairs of states about you and make remarks upon them. Observe now what is doing among those of Judah and Jerusa…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. congregation--parallel to “nations”; it therefore means the gathered peoples who are invited to be witnesses as to how great is the perversity of the Israelites (Jr 6:16, 17), and that they deserve the severe punishment about to be inflicted on them (Jr 6:19). what is among them--what deeds are committed by the Israelites (Jr 6:16, 17) [Maurer]. Or, “what punishments are about to be inflicted…