Jeremiah 40:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,”
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“The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the chief of the executioners taketh Jeremiah, and saith unto him, `Jehovah thy God hath spoken this evil concerning this place,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 40:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 29:24So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- 1 Kings 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
- Jeremiah 11:17The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
- Jeremiah 22:8And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- Jeremiah 22:9Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
- Jeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
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