Jeremiah 30:6

For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and thou shalt by no means be cleared:

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In The King James Version

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

In Context

5for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.

7for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the midst of her an impassable land, and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert forever.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive.

Isaiah 29:22Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the house of Jacob, whom he set apart from Abraham, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall he now change countenance.

Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report of them: our hands are weakened: anguish has seized us, the pangs as of a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 22:23O thou that dwellest in Lebanon, making thy nest in the cedars, thou shalt groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon thee.

Hosea 13:13Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is thy wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of thy children.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 30:2-10

Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 594.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord : and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.… Read the whole commentary →

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