Jeremiah 22:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ “You who dwell in Leḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ O inhabitant of Lebanon [Jerusalem, whose palaces are made of Lebanon's trees], you who make your nest among the cedars, how you will groan and how pitiable you will be when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in childbirth! [I Kings 7:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

Common English Bible

²³ You who live in Lebanon, nestled in cedar, who will pity you when you are overcome in pain, like that of childbirth?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?

Jeremiah 22:23 Cross References

Jeremiah 21:13

“See, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain,” declares יהוה, “who are saying, ‘Who would come down against us? And who would come into our dwellings?’

Jeremiah 22:6

For thus said יהוה  to the house of the sovereign of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard on the bare heights, weeping supplications of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 48:28

“O inhabitants of Mo’aḇ

Jeremiah 49:16

“The dread for you, the pride of your heart, has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, from there I bring you down,” declares the Master.

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the report of it, our hands grow weak. Distress has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labour.

Ezekiel 17:3

“And you shall say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The great eagle with large wings of long pinions, covered with feathers of various colours, came to Leḇ

Hosea 5:15

“I shall go, I shall return to My place, until they confess their guilt and seek My face, in their distress diligently search for Me, and say,

Hosea 7:14

and did not cry out to Me with their heart when they wailed upon their beds. For grain and new wine they assemble themselves; they turn away from Me.

Amos 9:2

“If they dig into the grave, from there my hand does take them; and if they climb up to the heavens, from there I bring them down.

Obadiah 1:4

“Though you rise high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I shall bring you down,” declares יהוה.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who is getting evil gain for his house, in order to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of evil!

Numbers 24:21

He then looked on the Qĕ