Jeremiah 45:5
Wouldst, thou, then seek to secure for thyself great things? Do not seek! For behold me! bringing in calamity upon all flesh, Declareth Yahweh, Nevertheless I will give thee thine own life as a spoil, in all places whithersoever thou goest.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 6:12And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself,—surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.
Isaiah 66:16For, by fire, will Yahweh enter into judgment, And by his sword, with all flesh,—And many shall be the slain of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 25:15For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel unto me, Take this cup of indignation wine out of my hand,—and cause all the nations unto whom I am sending thee, to drink it:
Jeremiah 25:26And all the kings of the North, the near and the far every man with his brother, and all the kingdoms of the earth which are on the face of the ground; And the king of Sheshach, shall drink, after them.
Jeremiah 39:18For I will, surely, deliver, thee, and by the sword, shalt thou not fall,—but thou shalt have thine own life as a spoil, Because thou hast trusted in me, Declareth Yahweh.
Matthew 6:25For this cause, I say unto you: Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat [or what ye shall drink],—or for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not, the life, more than, the food? And, the body, than, the raiment?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 45:2-5
Jeremiah's Address to Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I… Read the whole commentary →