Jeremiah 6:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’””
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BSBPD
“Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Jeremiah 6:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Psalms 48:3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
- Jeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
- Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
- Amos 2:5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
- Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon,that the fire may consume your cedars!
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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