Jeremiah 6:7
As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, as continually before her.
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Psalms 55:9O God, I have declared my life to thee; 1 Thou hast set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise. 1
Isaiah 1:6From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer are healed: it is not possible to apply a plaster, nor oil, nor bandages.
Isaiah 59:6Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity.
Jeremiah 20:8For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.
Jeremiah 30:15For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.
Ezekiel 7:23And they shall work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is full of iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:2-9
Judgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. 4… Read the whole commentary →