Jeremiah 29:22

Behold, he shall look upon her as an eagle, and spread forth his wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

In Context

21For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.

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Cross References

Ruth 4:11And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make your wife who goes into your house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to you in Bethleem.

Daniel 3:6And whoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:16-24

The Doom of the False Prophets. ( b. c. 596.) 15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will… Read the whole commentary →

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