Jeremiah 6:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

Fury of the Lord - His denunciations communicated to the prophet against Judah.

Weary with holding in - (Jeremiah 20:9, "His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay").

I will pour - or else, imperative; the command of God (see Jeremiah 6:12), 'Pour it out' (Maurer).

The aged with him that is full of days. The former х zaaqeen (H2205)] means out becoming old; the latter a decrepit old man (Maurer), (Job 5:26; Isaiah 65:20, "nor an old man that hath not filled his days").

Jeremiah 6:11

11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.