KJV King James Version
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,’ Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 11
13 For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn incense unto Baal.
14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear [them] in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, [seeing] she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I know [it]: then thou shewedst me their doings.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
זַ֤יִתH2132 · za.yit(Mount of) Olivesרַֽעֲנָן֙H7488 · ra.anbe freshיְפֵ֣הH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulפְרִי־H6529 · pe.rifruitתֹ֔אַרH8389 · to.arappearanceקָרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDשְׁמֵ֑ךְH8034 · shemnameלְק֣וֹל׀H6963 · qolvoiceהֲמוּלָּ֣הH1999 · ha.mul.lahtumultגְדֹלָ֗הH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeהִצִּ֥יתH3341 · ya.tsatto kindleאֵשׁ֙H784 · eshfireעָלֶ֔יהָH5921 · aluponוְרָע֖וּH7489 · ra.abe evilדָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃H1808 · da.liy.yahbranch
Cross-references
Romans 11:17-24And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.Psalm 52:8But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.Psalm 80:16[It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.Psalm 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.Ezekiel 20:47-48And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.Ezekiel 15:4-7Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for [any] work?Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.Isaiah 1:30-31For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
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