Jeremiah 4:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ The enemy has surrounded Jerusalem\par like men guarding a field.\par Judah, you turned against me!\par So the enemy is coming against you!”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Like keepers of a field they are against her round about, because she has been rebellious against Me, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They hem her in like those guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields, all around. For she has provoked me to wrath, says the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:17 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 9:26

And then they turned against you!\par They threw away your teachings!\par They killed your prophets.\par Those prophets warned the people.\par They tried to bring them back to you.\par But our ancestors {\cf2\super [55]} did terrible things\par against you!\par

Nehemiah 9:30

You were very patient with our ancestors.\par You let them mistreat you for many years.\par You warned them with your Spirit.\par You sent the prophets to warn them.\par But our ancestors {\cf2\super [58]} didn’t listen.\par So you gave them to people in other countries.\par

Isaiah 1:8

The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is now like an empty tent left in a field of grapes. It is like an old house left in a field of cucumbers. It is like a city that has been defeated by enemies.”

Isaiah 30:9

These people are like children that refuse to obey \{their parents\}. They lie and refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Jeremiah 5:23

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

Jeremiah 52:4

So, in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month {\cf2\super [434]} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar had his whole army with him. The army of Babylon set up their camp outside of Jerusalem. Then they built ramps all around the city walls \{so they could get over those walls\}.

Lamentations 1:18

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

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem sinned very badly.\par Because Jerusalem sinned,\par she became a ruined city\par that people shake their heads about.\par In the past people respected her.\par Now those people hate her.\par They hate her because they abused her.\par Jerusalem groans.\par She turns away.\par

Deuteronomy 9:24

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