Jeremiah 4:17
Like keepers of a field they are against her on every side; because she has been fighting against me, says the Lord.
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2 Kings 25:1Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.
Nehemiah 9:30Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
Isaiah 1:20But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.
Jeremiah 5:23But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.
Jeremiah 6:3Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.
Lamentations 1:8Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:6-19
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste,… Read the whole commentary →