Jeremiah 24:10

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 24:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jeremiah 24:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, etc.] Meaning not in other lands, where they should be driven, but while in their own land, by which many should perish; and the rest that escaped these dreadful judgments should be carried captive. The Targum is, “I will send those that kill with the sword, etc.” till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers; so that none of them should be left there to inhabit it, which is now their case; and it is an aggravation of their calamity and punishment, that they are no more the inhabitants of that good land, which was God’s gift to them, and to their fathers before them.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first destruction of Jerusalem and our Lord at the second. There the good figs were those converts picked out by the preaching of Christ and the Apostles; the bad figs were the mass of the people left for Titus and the Romans to destroy. Jeremiah 24:5 Acknowledge ... for their good - Specially their spiritual good. Put a comma after Chaldaeans. Jeremiah 24:8 That dwell in the land of Egypt - Neither those carried captive with Jehoahaz into Egypt, nor those who fled there, are to share in these blessings. The new life of the Jewish nation is to be the work only of the…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jer 5:12, Jer 9:16, Jer 14:15, Jer 14:16, Jer 15:2, Jer 16:4, Jer 19:7, Jer 34:17; Isa 51:19; Eze 5:12-17; Eze 6:12-14, Eze 7:15, Eze 14:12-21, Eze 33:27 Next: Jeremiah Chapter 25”
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