Jeremiah 13:21

What wilt thou say when he shall bring punishment upon thee, Since, thou thyself, hast accustomed them to be over thee as friends in chief? Shall not, pangs, seize thee, as of a woman in childbirth?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 see Them who are coming in from the North,—Where is The flock that was given thee, Thy beautiful flock?

22But if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore have these things befallen me? For the greatness of thine iniquity have Thy skirts been turned aside Thy heels suffered violence!

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Cross References

2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers unto Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son, I am,—Come up and save me, out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.

Isaiah 13:8And they shall be in distress—Writhings and pains, shall lay hold, As a woman in childbirth, shall they be in pangs,—Everyone, at his neighbour, shall look in amazement, Faces of flames, their faces!

Isaiah 39:2And Hezekiah, rejoiced over them, and showed them his house of precious things—the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious ointment and all his armoury—and all that was found among his treasures,—there was nothing, which Hezekiah, did not show them—in his house or in all his dominion.

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And the priests tread down by their means, And, my people, love it, so,—What then can ye do as to her latter end?

Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitress of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars,—How hast thou bemoaned thyself Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.

Jeremiah 38:22behold, then, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah, brought forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon,—and, those very women, saying, The men thou wast wont to salute, have goaded thee on and prevailed upon thee,—Thy foot having sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.

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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