Jeremiah 40:3
And he hath brought it : and the Lord hath done as he hath said: because you have sinned against the Lord, and have not hearkened to his voice, and this word is come upon you.
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Deuteronomy 29:25And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:
Nehemiah 9:33And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
Jeremiah 22:8And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbor: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city?
Jeremiah 50:7All that found them, have devoured them: and their enemies said: We have not sinned in so doing: because they have sinned against the Lord the beauty of justice, and against the Lord the hope of their fathers.
Daniel 9:11And all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have turned away from hearing thy voice, and the malediction, and the curse, which is written in the book of Moses the servant of God, is fallen upon us, because we have sinned against him.
Romans 3:19Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 40:2-7
The Preservation of Jeremiah; Jeremiah's Adherence to Gedaliah. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and… Read the whole commentary →