Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, my anger and wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon every tree of their field, and upon the fruits of the land; and it shall burn, and not be quenched.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21Thus saith the Lord, Gather your whole-burnt-offerings with your meat-offerings, and eat flesh.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins.
Isaiah 42:25So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew it, neither did they lay it to heart.
Jeremiah 4:23I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, and there was no light in it.
Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because the people said, God shall not see our ways.
Jeremiah 42:18Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have hearkened to the command of their father, to do as their father commanded them:
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:17-21
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 606.) 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger?… Read the whole commentary →