Jeremiah 13:22

And when you ask yourself,
“Why have these things happened to me?”
It is because of your great guilt
that your skirts have been stripped off,
your body exposed.

Nahum 3:5

I am against you.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
I will lift your skirts over your face
and display your nakedness to nations,
your shame to kingdoms.

Jeremiah 5:19

When people ask, ‘For what offense has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ You will respond to them: Just as you abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Deuteronomy 7:17

“If you say to yourself, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out?’

Isaiah 3:17

the Lord will put scabs on the heads
of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.

Jeremiah 2:17-19

Have you not brought this on yourself
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?

Jeremiah 9:2-9

If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

Jeremiah 13:26

I will pull your skirts up over your face
so that your shame might be seen.

Jeremiah 16:10-11

“When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, ‘Why has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’

Lamentations 1:8

ח KhetJerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.
All who honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.

Hosea 2:10

Now I will expose her shame
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one will rescue her from My hands.

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

Deuteronomy 18:21

You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’

Isaiah 20:4

so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

Isaiah 47:2-3

Take millstones and grind meal;
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.

Isaiah 47:8

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,
who sits securely,
who says to herself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.
I will never be a widow
or know the loss of children.’

Ezekiel 16:37-39

I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased—all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so they see you completely naked.

Ezekiel 23:27-29

So I will put an end to your indecency and sexual immorality, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not look longingly at them or remember Egypt anymore.

Hosea 2:3

Otherwise, I will strip her naked
and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.
I will make her like a desert
and like a parched land,
and I will let her die of thirst.

Hosea 12:8

But Ephraim says:
“How rich I have become;
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me
that I can be punished for!”

Zephaniah 1:12

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.

Luke 5:21-22

Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

Bible References

If

Deuteronomy 7:17
“If you say to yourself, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out?’
Deuteronomy 8:17
You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’
Deuteronomy 18:21
You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’
Isaiah 47:8
“So now hear this, lover of luxury,
who sits securely,
who says to herself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.
I will never be a widow
or know the loss of children.’
Zephaniah 1:12
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.
Luke 5:21
Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Wherefore

Jeremiah 5:19
When people ask, ‘For what offense has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ You will respond to them: Just as you abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Jeremiah 16:10
“When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, ‘Why has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’

The greatness

Jeremiah 2:17
Have you not brought this on yourself
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?
Jeremiah 9:2
If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.
Hosea 12:8
But Ephraim says:
“How rich I have become;
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me
that I can be punished for!”

Skirts

Jeremiah 13:26
I will pull your skirts up over your face
so that your shame might be seen.
Isaiah 3:17
the Lord will put scabs on the heads
of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
Isaiah 20:4
so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
Isaiah 47:2
Take millstones and grind meal;
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.
Lamentations 1:8
ח KhetJerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.
All who honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.
Ezekiel 16:37
I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased—all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so they see you completely naked.
Ezekiel 23:27
So I will put an end to your indecency and sexual immorality, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not look longingly at them or remember Egypt anymore.
Hosea 2:3
Otherwise, I will strip her naked
and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.
I will make her like a desert
and like a parched land,
and I will let her die of thirst.
Nahum 3:5
I am against you.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
I will lift your skirts over your face
and display your nakedness to nations,
your shame to kingdoms.

General references

Isaiah 66:21
I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 13:26
I will pull your skirts up over your face
so that your shame might be seen.
Ezekiel 16:37
I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased—all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so they see you completely naked.

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