Jeremiah 6:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:33

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.

Jeremiah 20:8

For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

Jeremiah 32:24

See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it.

Jeremiah 32:31

For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:

Jeremiah 33:4

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said about the houses of this town and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been broken down to make earthworks and (UNTRANSLATED TEXT) ;

Jeremiah 39:1

And it came about, that when Jerusalem was taken,

Jeremiah 5:29

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:9

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

Ezekiel 4:2

And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

Ezekiel 5:5

This is what the Lord has said: This is Jerusalem: I have put her among the nations, and countries are round her on every side;

Daniel 11:15

So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.

Zephaniah 3:1

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

Luke 19:43

For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,