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Jeremiah 6:12

Jeremiah 6:12
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And their houses shall be turned unto others,.... To strangers, to the Chaldeans; they shall be transferred unto them,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Turned - Violently transferred. Houses, fields, wives, all they most valued, and most jealously kept to themselves - are…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 6:9-17

The heads of this paragraph are the very same with those of the last; for precept must be upon precept and line upon…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Jeremiah 6:12-15

These verses are almost identical with ch. Jer 8:10-12, where they are probably a later insertion.