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And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth."&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then I will make this house [the temple] like Shiloh, and I will make this city [subject to] the curse of all nations of the earth [because it will be so vile in their sight].”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an object of cursing for all the nations of the earth.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name "Jerusalem" as a curse word. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. I will turn this city into something that will be cursed by all the nations on earth.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you continue to disobey, then I will do to this Temple what I did to Shiloh, and all the nations of the world will use the name of this city as a curse." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then I'll make this house like Shiloh and make this city into a curse to all the nations of the earth.'"'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you do not obey me, then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. And I will make this city an example to be used in curses by people from all the nations on the earth.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Then I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I gave this house as Shiloh, and this city I will give for cursing to all the nations of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will make this house like Silo: and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city into a curse for all the nations of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will treat this house like Shiloh, and make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then I will make this house like Shiloh and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shall make this house like Shiloh, and this city I shall give as a curse to all the nations of the Earth<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then will I make this house as Selo, and I will make <i>this</i> city a curse to all the nations of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7731" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/26.htm">A Warning to the Cities of Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen, <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">then I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: kə·ši·lōh (Prep-k:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">like Shiloh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zō·ṯå̄h (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city</a> <a href="/hebrew/7045.htm" title="7045: liq·lā·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- A curse. From qalal; vilification.">an object of cursing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵōl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">among all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yê (N-mpc) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth.’”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">2 Kings 21:12-15</a></span><br />this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. / I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. / So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19-22</a></span><br />But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12-14</a></span><br />But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. / And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer, / therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-10.htm">1 Samuel 4:10-11</a></span><br />So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. / The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a></span><br />The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6-9</a></span><br />But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10-11</a></span><br />Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Ezekiel 7:20-22</a></span><br />His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them. / And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them. / I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a></span><br />All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6</a></span><br />For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Matthew 21:41-43</a></span><br />“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.” / Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Mark 12:9</a></span><br />What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">will I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12-14</a></b></br> But go ye now unto my place which <i>was</i> in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-10.htm">1 Samuel 4:10-12,19-22</a></b></br> And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60-64</a></b></br> So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent <i>which</i> he placed among men; … </p><p class="hdg">a curse.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Jeremiah 24:9</a></b></br> And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for <i>their</i> hurt, <i>to be</i> a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18</a></b></br> <i>To wit</i>, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as <i>it is</i> this day;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a></b></br> And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which <i>are</i> in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-29.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Shiloh</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-7.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">Shiloh</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-1.htm">Jeremiah by promises and threats exhorts to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">He is therefore apprehended,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">and arraigned.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-12.htm">His apology.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-16.htm">He is quit in judgment, by the example of Micah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-20.htm">and of Urijah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-24.htm">and by the care of Ahikam.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It was the location of the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant during the time of the Judges (<a href="/joshua/18.htm">Joshua 18:1</a>). The reference to Shiloh here is a warning; Shiloh was eventually destroyed due to the Israelites' unfaithfulness (<a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60-61</a>). This serves as a historical precedent for the potential destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem if the people do not repent. The mention of Shiloh underscores the seriousness of God's warning, as it was once a place of divine presence and favor, now a symbol of judgment and desolation.<p><b>and I will make this city an object of cursing</b><br>Jerusalem, the city in question, was the center of Jewish worship and identity. To become an "object of cursing" implies a complete reversal of its status as a holy city. This phrase indicates that Jerusalem would become a byword for disaster and divine judgment, similar to how Sodom and Gomorrah are referenced in other parts of Scripture (<a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9-10</a>). The use of "cursing" suggests that the city's downfall would serve as a warning to others, illustrating the consequences of disobedience to God.<p><b>among all the nations of the earth.’”</b><br>This phrase highlights the universal scope of the warning. The judgment on Jerusalem would not be a private affair but a public spectacle, observed by all nations. This reflects the broader biblical theme of Israel as a witness to the nations, either through its blessings or its judgments (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Deuteronomy 28:37</a>). The global attention underscores the seriousness of the covenant relationship between God and His people, and the implications of their failure to uphold it. This also foreshadows the eventual spread of the Gospel to all nations, as Jerusalem's fate becomes a part of the larger narrative of God's redemptive plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his perseverance in the face of opposition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a></b><br>An ancient city in Israel that was once the religious center where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. It symbolizes a place of former glory that faced destruction due to the people's disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, significant for its religious and political importance. It is the focal point of God's warning through Jeremiah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The holy place in Jerusalem where God was worshiped. It was central to Jewish religious life and symbolized God's presence among His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding nations that would witness the downfall of Jerusalem and see it as a cautionary tale of disobedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Just as Shiloh faced destruction due to the people's unfaithfulness, so too can any place or person fall if they turn away from God. We must remain faithful to His commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_worship.htm">The Importance of True Worship</a></b><br>The temple in Jerusalem was meant to be a place of worship, but it became a symbol of judgment. Our worship must be genuine and not just ritualistic.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God is just and will not tolerate sin indefinitely. His warnings are opportunities for repentance, and His judgments are righteous.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_witness_of_nations.htm">The Witness of Nations</a></b><br>Our actions as believers are observed by others. We are called to be a light to the nations, not a cautionary tale of disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While God warns of judgment, He also offers hope for restoration if we turn back to Him with sincere hearts.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_verify_godand#8217;s_temple_threat_in_jer_26.htm">In Jeremiah 26:1–6, how do we verify historically or archaeologically that God threatened the temple’s destruction? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_jeremiah's_prophecy_exaggerated.htm">In Jeremiah 26:7-9, could Jeremiah's prophecy have been exaggerated or misunderstood, given the intense reaction of the people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_advise_peace_in_a_pagan_land.htm">In Jeremiah 29:4-7, how can God instruct his people to settle peacefully in a pagan land while other passages command separation from foreign nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_2_15_fit_history.htm">If Jericho's walls had already crumbled before Joshua's era, how does Joshua 2:15 align with historical timelines?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">I will make this house like Shiloh.</span>--See Notes on <a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm" title="Therefore will I do to this house, which is called by my name, wherein you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.">Jeremiah 7:14</a>. The surprise and anger with which the announcement was received indicate that it was now heard for the first time, and so far confirms the view that we have here a summary of the discourse given <span class= "ital">in extenso, </span>and probably edited, as it were, with many additions, in Jeremiah 7-10<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">then I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַתִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֥יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like Shiloh,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּשִׁלֹ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ši·lōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתֵּ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(’et·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּאת֙</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">city</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֤יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an object of cursing</span><br /><span class="heb">לִקְלָלָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(liq·lā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7045.htm">Strong's 7045: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vilification</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among all</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹיֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·yê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 26:6 Then will I make this house like (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/26-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 26:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 26:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/26-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 26:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 26:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>