Jeremiah 4:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The enemy has surrounded Jerusalem like men guarding a field. Judah, you turned against me, so the enemy is coming against you.” This message is from the Lord.

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:23

But the people of Judah are stubborn. They are always planning ways to turn against me. They turned away from me and left me.

Lamentations 1:18

Now Jerusalem says, “I refused to listen to the Lord, so he is right for doing these things. So listen, all you people! Look at my pain! My young women and men have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem sinned very badly. Because Jerusalem sinned, she became a ruined city that people shake their heads about. In the past people respected her. But now they hate her, because they abused her. Jerusalem groaned and turned away.

Isaiah 30:9

These people are like children who refuse to obey. They lie and refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 1:8

The city of Jerusalem is now like an empty shed left in a vineyard. It is like an old straw hut abandoned in a field of cucumbers or like a city surrounded by enemies.

Nehemiah 9:30

“You were very patient with our ancestors. You let them mistreat you for many years. You warned them with your Spirit. You sent the prophets to warn them. But our ancestors didn’t listen. So you gave them to people in other countries.

Nehemiah 9:26

And then they turned against you. They threw away your teachings. They killed your prophets. Those prophets warned the people. They tried to bring them back to you. But our ancestors said terrible things against you.

Deuteronomy 9:24

All the time that I have known you, you have refused to obey the Lord.

Jeremiah 52:4

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. The army of Babylon set up their camp outside of Jerusalem. Then they built ramps all around the city walls so that they could get over the walls.