Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when God sets over you those you had trained to be your special allies? 1 Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth? 1

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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

In Context

20Lift up your eyes and look at the ones coming from the north. 1 Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you? 1

22Then you might say in your heart, 'Why are these things happening to me?' 1 It will be for the multitude of your iniquities that your skirts are raised up and you have been violated. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have attacked me.”

Isaiah 13:8They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. 1 They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame. 1

Isaiah 39:2Hezekiah was pleased by these things; he showed the messengers his storehouse of valuable things—the silver, the gold, the spices and precious oil, the storehouse of his weapons, and all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his kingdom, that Hezekiah did not show them.

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy with deceit, and the priests rule with their own power. 1 My people love it this way, but what will happen in the end?'”

Jeremiah 22:23You who live in 'Lebanon,' who is nestled in cedar buildings, 1 how you will be pitied when the labor pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!”

Jeremiah 38:22Look! All the women who are left in your house, king of Judah, will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. These women will say to you, 1 'You have been deceived by your friends; they have ruined you. 1 Your feet are now sunk into the mud, and your friends will run away.'

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:13-22

The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. ( b. c. 606.) 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the… Read the whole commentary →

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