Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus saith Hashem: 1 Hineni, I will lay michsholim (stumblingblocks) before HaAm HaZeh, 1 and the Avot and the Banim together 1 shall stumble upon them; 1 the shakhen (neighbor) 1 and his re'a (neighbor, friend) shall perish. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

In Context

20To what purpose cometh there to Me frankincense from Sheva, + 6:20 i.e., southwest Arabia 1 and the sweet cane from a far country? 1 Your olot (burnt offerings) are not acceptable, 1 nor your zevakhim pleasing unto Me. 1

22Thus saith Hashem: 1 Hinei, Am (an Army, a people) cometh from the eretz tzafon, 1 and a Goy Gadol is aroused from the ends of the earth. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:14And He shall be for a Mikdash; but for an Even Negef (Stone of Stumbling) and for a Tzur Michshol to both the Batei Yisroel, for a pach (snare) and for a mokesh (trap) to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.

Isaiah 9:14The zaken and prominent man is the head; 1 and the navi that is the moreh sheker (teacher of lies, false teacher) is the tail. 1

Jeremiah 9:21Speak: Thus saith Hashem, 1 Even the nevilah of adam shall fall 1 like domen (dung) upon the sadeh, 1 and the omer (sheaf) after the kotzer (harvester), 1 and none shall gather them.

Jeremiah 15:2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Where shall we go forth? Then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Hashem: 1 Such as are for mavet, to mavet; 1 and such as are for the cherev, to the cherev; 1 and such as are for the ra'av (famine), to the ra'av (famine); 1 and such as are for shevi (captivity, Golus), to the shevi.

Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their banim to the ra'av (famine) 1 and pour out their dahm by the force of the cherev; 1 and let their nashim be bereaved as childless, and be almanot (widows); 1 and let their anashim be put to death; 1 let their bochurim be slain by the cherev in milchamah. 1

Jeremiah 21:7And afterward, saith Hashem, I will deliver Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah, and his avadim, and HaAm, and such as are survivors in this city from dever, from the cherev, and from the ra'av (famine), into the yad Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and into the yad of their oyevim (enemies), and into the yad of those that seek their nefesh; and he shall strike them down with the edge of the cherev; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have rachamim.

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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