Jeremiah 6:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For thus says the Lord of hosts: Cut down her trees; cast up a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city that must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:33

“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, shoot an arrow there, come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege ramp against it.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I must cry out; I must shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.

Jeremiah 32:24

See, the siege ramps have been cast up against the city to take it, and the city, faced with sword, famine, and pestilence, has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has happened, as you yourself can see.

Jeremiah 32:31

This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built until this day, so that I will remove it from my sight

Jeremiah 33:4

For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege ramps and before the sword:

Jeremiah 39:1

This is how Jerusalem was captured: in the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it;

Jeremiah 5:29

Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?

Jeremiah 5:9

Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?

Ezekiel 4:2

and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a ramp against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

Ezekiel 5:5

“Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Daniel 11:15

Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, not even his picked troops, for there shall be no strength to resist.

Zephaniah 3:1

Woe, soiled, defiled, oppressing city!

Luke 19:43

Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.