Jeremiah 49:25
How is the glorious citie not reserued, the citie of my ioy?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 37:35I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
Isaiah 14:4Then shalt thou take vp this prouerbe against the King of Babel, and say, Howe hath the oppressor ceased? and the gold thirsty Babel rested?
Jeremiah 48:2Moab shall boast no more of Heshbon: for they haue deuised euill against it. Come, and let vs destroy it, that it be no more a nation: also thou shalt be destroyed, O Madmen, and the sworde shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! and howe is the glory of the whole earth taken! how is Babel become an astonishment among the nations!
Revelation 18:10And shall stand a farre off for feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that mightie citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:24-28
The Judgment of Damascus. ( b. c. 595.) 23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,… Read the whole commentary →