Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Who is the wise man, that may understand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord may come that he may declare this, why the land hath perished, and is burnt up like a wilderness, which none passeth through? the wise. Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end. Psalm 107:43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord? Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them. Matthew 24:15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand. Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy: and keepeth those things which are written in it. For the time is at hand. for. Jeremiah 5:19,20 And if you shall say: Why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own. . . . Jeremiah 16:10-13 And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God? . . . Jeremiah 22:8,9 And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbour: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city? . . . Deuteronomy 29:22-28 And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it, . . . 1 Kings 9:8,9 And this house shall be made an example of: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house? . . . Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Ezekiel 14:23 And they shall comfort you, when you shall see their ways, and their doings: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 22:25-31 There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof. . . . Context A Lament over Zion…11And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant. 12Who is the wise man, that may understand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord may come that he may declare this, why the land hath perished, and is burnt up like a wilderness, which none passeth through?13And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law, which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it.… Cross References Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Psalm 107:43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord? Isaiah 42:23 Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come? Jeremiah 9:20 Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the Lord: and let your ears receive the word of his mouth: and teach your daughters wailing: and every one her neighbour mourning. Jeremiah 23:10 Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike. Jeremiah 23:16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, and deceive you: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. Jeremiah 23:22 If they had stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way, and from their wicked doings. Jeremiah 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my word, let him speak my word with truth: what hath the chaff to do with the wheat, saith the Lord? Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them. Joel 1:11 The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished. Zephaniah 3:6 I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant. Lexicon Whoמִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix is the man הָאִ֤ישׁ (hā·’îš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person wise הֶֽחָכָם֙ (he·ḥā·ḵām) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise enough to understand וְיָבֵ֣ן (wə·yā·ḇên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 995: To separate mentally, understand this? זֹ֔את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, To whom וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has the mouth פִּֽי־ (pî-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to of the LORD יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel spoken, דִּבֶּ֧ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue that he may explain it? וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ (wə·yag·gi·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous Why עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against is the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land destroyed אָבְדָ֣ה (’ā·ḇə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish and scorched נִצְּתָ֥ה (niṣ·ṣə·ṯāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3341: To burn, set on fire, to desolate like a desert, כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (ḵam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech so no מִבְּלִ֖י (mib·bə·lî) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as one can pass through it? עֹבֵֽר׃ (‘ō·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on Additional Translations Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perishes and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passes through? Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord addressed to him, let him tell you wherefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it. Who is a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land and perished burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? Who is the wise man that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through? Who is the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through. 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