Jeremiah 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.”
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“They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 4:17 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 9:24You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
- 2 Kings 25:1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Isaiah 1:8And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
- Jeremiah 5:23But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
- Jeremiah 6:2Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
- Jeremiah 6:3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
- Jeremiah 52:4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
- Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
- Ezekiel 2:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
- Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
- Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
- Luke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
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