Jeremiah 6:6

New American Bible - revised edition

For thus says the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, throw up a siege mound against Jerusalem. Woe to the city marked for punishment; there is nothing but oppression within her!

Cross References

Isaiah 37:33

Therefore, thus says the Lord about the king of Assyria: He shall not come as far as this city, nor shoot there an arrow, nor confront it with a shield, Nor cast up a siege-work against it.

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage I proclaim; The word of the Lord has brought me reproach and derision all day long.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own gain, On shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.

Jeremiah 32:24

See, the siegeworks have arrived at this city to capture it; the city is handed over to the Chaldeans who are attacking it, with sword, starvation, and disease. What you threatened has happened—you can see it for yourself.

Jeremiah 32:31

This city has so stirred my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, that I must put it out of my sight,

Jeremiah 33:4

Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are being torn down because of the siegeworks and the sword:

Jeremiah 39:1

in the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army marched against Jerusalem and placed it under siege.

Jeremiah 5:29

Shall I not punish these things?—oracle of the Lord; on a nation such as this shall I not take vengeance?

Jeremiah 5:9

Should I not punish them for this?—oracle of the Lord; on a nation like this should I not take vengeance?

Ezekiel 4:2

Lay siege to it: build up siege works, raise a ramp against it, pitch camps and set up battering rams all around it.

Ezekiel 5:5

Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem! I placed it in the midst of the nations, surrounded by foreign lands.

Daniel 11:15

When the king of the north comes, he shall set up siegeworks and take the fortified city by storm. The forces of the south shall not withstand him, and not even his picked troops shall have the strength to withstand.

Zephaniah 3:1

Ah! Rebellious and polluted, the tyrannical city!

Luke 19:43

For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides.