Jeremiah 21:14
But I will punish you with the fruit of your doings. I will kindle a fire in her forest, which shall consume all around her.
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Proverbs 12:14By the fruit of a man's mouth he shall be filled with good, And the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Isaiah 10:12But when the Lord hath accomplished his whole work upon Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Then will he punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, And the arrogance of his lofty eyes.
Isaiah 24:21In that day will Jehovah punish the host of the high ones that are on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Isaiah 37:24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and said: “With the multitude of my chariots have I ascended the heights of the mountains, the extremities of Lebanon; I have cut down its tall cedars, and its choice cypress-trees; I have come to its utmost height, to its garden forest.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 21:9-14
Answer to Zedekiah's Message; Advice to the King and the People. ( b. c. 590.) 8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →