Jeremiah 6:26

Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; 1 mourn with painful sobs as for an only son, 1 for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us. 1

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O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

In Context

25Do not go out to the fields, and do not walk on the roads, 1 for the swords of the enemy and terror are all around. 1

27“I have made you, Jeremiah, one who tests my people like one would test metal, so you will inspect and test their ways. 1

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Cross References

Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; 1 while he is in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him. 1

Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly; 1 do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.” 1

Isaiah 30:13so this sin will be to you 1 like a broken part ready to fall, like a bulge in a high wall 1 whose fall will happen suddenly, in an instant.” 1

Jeremiah 4:8Because of this, wrap yourself in sackcloth, lament and wail. 1 For the force of Yahweh's anger has not turned away from us. 1

Jeremiah 4:20Disaster follows after disaster; for all the land lies in ruins. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 8:19Behold! The screaming voice of the daughter of my people from a land far away! Is Yahweh not in Zion? 1 Is her king no longer there? Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figures and their worthless foreign idols? 1

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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