Jeremiah 12:6 KJV
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
Thou and Ye
- thy, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Jeremiah complains of the prosperity of the wickedWhen we are most in the dark concerning God's dispensations, we must keep up right thoughts of God, believing that he never did the least wrong to any of his...
Thompson Chains
- TreacherySee the chain from Judges 16:19 · 11 links
- Deception (2)See the chain from Genesis 3:4 · 4 links
Parallel Passages
- Genesis 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
- Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
- Psalms 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Proverbs 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Proverbs 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
- Jeremiah 9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
- Genesis 37:4–11 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. …
- Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
- Psalms 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Psalms 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
- Jeremiah 11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
- Micah 7:5–6 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. …
- Isaiah 31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
- Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Ezekiel 33:30–31 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. …
- Matthew 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Matthew 22:16–18 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. …
- Mark 12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
- John 7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
- Acts 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
- Acts 18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
- Acts 19:24–29 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; …
- Acts 21:28–30 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. …
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For even thy brethren כִּי kî Conjunction גַם gam Adverb אַחֶיךָ ʾaḥêkā אָח Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- and the house וּבֵית ûbêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
- of thy father אָבִיךָ ʾābîkā אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- even they have dealt treacherously גַּם gam Affirmation הֵמָּה hēmmâ Pronoun · third person masculine plural בָּגְדוּ bāgĕdû בָּגַד Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- with thee; yea, they have called בָךְ bāk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular גַּם gam Affirmation הֵמָּה hēmmâ Pronoun · third person masculine plural קָרְאוּ qārĕʾww קָרָא Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- a multitude מָלֵא mālēʾ מָלֵא Adjective · masculine singular
- after אַחֲרֶיךָ ʾaḥărêkā אַחַר Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular אֵלֶיךָ ʾēlêkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- thee: believe תַּאֲמֵן taʾămēn אָמַן Verb · hiphil jussive, second person masculine singular
- them not, though they speak אַל ʾal Negative בָּם bām Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural כִּי kî Conjunction יְדַבְּרוּ yĕdabbĕrû דָבַר Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine plural
- fair words טוֹבוֹת ṭôbôt טוֹב Adjective · feminine plural
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