Jeremiah 5:16

They are all mighty men:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

In Context

15Behold, I will bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language one shall not understand.

17and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein ye trusted, with the sword.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; 1 Make my way plain before thy face. 1

Jeremiah 6:22Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people comes from the north, and nations shall be stirred up from the end of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:11-20

Divine Judgments Threatened; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 608.) 10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord 's. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord . 12 They have belied the Lord , and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be… Read the whole commentary →

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