Jeremiah 6:6

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

I am the Lord All-Powerful, and I will command these armies to chop down trees and build a ramp up to the walls of Jerusalem. People of Jerusalem, I must punish you for your injustice.

Cross References

Jeremiah 32:24

Jerusalem is under attack, and we suffer from hunger and disease. The Babylonians have already built dirt ramps up to the walls of our city, and you can see that Jerusalem will be captured just as you said.

Luke 19:43

Jerusalem, the time will come when your enemies will build walls around you to attack you. Armies will surround you and close in on you from every side.

Isaiah 37:33

I promise that the king of Assyria won't get into Jerusalem, or shoot an arrow into the city, or even surround it and prepare to attack.

Jeremiah 22:17

But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.

Jeremiah 33:4

Many of the houses in Jerusalem and some of the buildings at the royal palace have been torn down to be used in repairing the walls to keep out the Babylonian attackers. Now there are empty spaces where the buildings once stood. But I am furious, and these spaces will be filled with the bodies of the people I kill. The people of Jerusalem will cry out to me for help, but they are evil, and I will ignore their prayers.

Ezekiel 4:2

Then prepare to attack the brick as if it were a real city. Build a dirt mound and a ramp up to the top and surround the brick with enemy camps. On every side put large wooden poles as though you were going to break down the gate to the city.

Ezekiel 5:5

I am the Lord God, and I have made Jerusalem the most important place in the world, and all other nations admire it.

Daniel 11:15

Then the army from the north will surround and capture a fortress in the south, and not even the most experienced troops of the southern kingdom will be able to make them retreat.

Zephaniah 3:1

Too bad for that disgusting, corrupt, and lawless city!

Jeremiah 5:9

Why shouldn't I punish the people of Judah?

Jeremiah 5:29

You need to be punished, and so I will take revenge.

Jeremiah 20:8

You have let me announce only injustice and death. Your message has brought me nothing but insults and trouble.

Jeremiah 39:1

In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian army began their attack on Jerusalem. They kept the city surrounded for a year and a half. Then, on the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah was king, they broke through the city walls. After Jerusalem was captured, Nebuchadnezzar's highest officials, including Nebo Sarsechim and Nergal Sharezer from Simmagir, took their places at Middle Gate to show they were in control of the city.