Jeremiah 6:6

Good News Translation

The Lord Almighty has ordered these kings to cut down trees and build mounds in order to besiege Jerusalem. He has said, “I will punish this city because it is full of oppression.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:33

“And this is what the Lord has said about the Assyrian emperor: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built around it.

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, “Violence! Destruction!” Lord, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 32:24

“The Babylonians have built siege mounds around the city to capture it, and they are attacking. War, starvation, and disease will make the city fall into their hands. You can see that all you have said has come true.

Jeremiah 32:31

The people of this city have made me angry and furious from the day it was built. I have decided to destroy it

Jeremiah 33:4

I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say that the houses of Jerusalem and the royal palace of Judah will be torn down as a result of the siege and the attack.

Jeremiah 39:1

In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 5:29

“But I, the Lord, will punish them for these things; I will take revenge on this nation.

Jeremiah 5:9

Shouldn't I punish them for these things and take revenge on a nation such as this?

Ezekiel 4:2

Then, to represent a siege, put trenches, earthworks, camps, and battering rams all around it.

Ezekiel 5:5

The Sovereign Lord said, “Look at Jerusalem. I put her at the center of the world, with other countries all around her.

Daniel 11:15

So the king of Syria will lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The soldiers of Egypt will not continue to fight; even the best of them will not have enough strength.

Zephaniah 3:1

Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.

Luke 19:43

The time will come when your enemies will surround you with barricades, blockade you, and close in on you from every side.