Jeremiah 6:24

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

In Context

23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; the people is fierce, and will have no mercy; their voice is as the roaring sea; they shall array themselves for war against thee as fire on horses and chariots, O daughter of Zion.

25Go not forth into the field, and walk not in the ways; for the sword of the enemy lingers round about.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:27Yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, 1 And your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; 1 And when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, 1 Or when ruin shall come upon you. 1

Isaiah 28:19Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,

Jeremiah 4:19I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;

Jeremiah 13:21What wilt thou say when they shall visit thee, for thou didst teach them lessons for rule against thyself; shall not pangs seize thee as a woman in travail?

Jeremiah 30:6For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and thou shalt by no means be cleared:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:19-30

Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 608.) 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 21 Therefore thus saith the… Read the whole commentary →

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