Jeremiah 18:13

Therefore Yahweh says this, 'Ask the nations, who has ever heard of such a thing as this? 1 The virgin Israel has committed a horrible act. 1

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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

In Context

12But they will say, 'This is no use. We will act according to our own plans. Each one of us will do what his evil, stubborn heart desires.' 1

14Does the snow in Lebanon ever leave the rocky hills on its sides? 1 Are the mountain streams coming from far away ever destroyed, those cold streams? 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 36:22Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of the chief commander.

Jeremiah 2:10For cross over to the coasts of Kittim and look. Send messengers out to Kedar and find out 1 and see if there has ever before been anything like this. 1

Jeremiah 5:30Atrocities and horrors have occurred in the land. 1

Jeremiah 23:14Among the prophets in Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: 1 They commit adultery and walk in deceit. 1 They strengthen the hands of evildoers; no one turns back from his evildoing. 1 All of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like Gomorrah!” 1

Lamentations 1:15The Lord has tossed aside all my mighty men who defended me. 1 He has called an assembly against me to crush my vigorous men. 1 The Lord has trampled the virgin daughter of Judah in the winepress. 1

Amos 5:1Hear this word that I take up as a lament over you, house of Israel. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:12-18

People of God Accused and Threatened; Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 600.) 11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Ask ye… Read the whole commentary →

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