Jeremiah 6:28

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.

Complete Jewish Bible:

All of them are total rebels, spreading slanderous gossip; they are bronze and iron, [inferior metals,] all of them corrupt.

Berean Standard Bible:

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

American Standard Version:

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

They are all grievous{H5493} revolters{H5637}, walking{H1980} with slanders{H7400}: they are brass{H5178} and iron{H1270}; they are all corrupters{H7843}.

Cross-References (KJV):

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.

Jeremiah 5:23

  • But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

Jeremiah 18:18

  • ¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Psalms 50:20

  • Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

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.

Revelation 11:18

  • And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Isaiah 31:6

  • ¶ Turn ye unto [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

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Commentary for Jeremiah 6:28

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5493
    There are 283 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סוּר
    Transliteration: çûwr
    Pronunciation: soor
    Description: or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
  2. Strong's Number: H5637
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סָרַר
    Transliteration: çârar
    Pronunciation: saw-rar'
    Description: a primitive root; to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory; [idiom] away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.
  3. Strong's Number: H1980
    There are 468 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָלַךְ
    Transliteration: hâlak
    Pronunciation: haw-lak'
    Description: akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
  4. Strong's Number: H7400
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָכִיל
    Transliteration: râkîyl
    Pronunciation: raw-keel'
    Description: from רָכַל; a scandal-monger (as travelling about); slander, carry tales, talebearer.
  5. Strong's Number: H5178
    There are 119 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נְחֹשֶׁת
    Transliteration: nᵉchôsheth
    Pronunciation: nekh-o'-sheth
    Description: for נְחוּשָׁה; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
  6. Strong's Number: H1270
    There are 70 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּרְזֶל
    Transliteration: barzel
    Pronunciation: bar-zel'
    Description: perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron.
  7. Strong's Number: H7843
    There are 136 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁחַת
    Transliteration: shâchath
    Pronunciation: shaw-khath'
    Description: a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).