Jeremiah 16:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

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Jeremiah 14:8

Jeremiah 17:4

Jeremiah 22:28

And

Deuteronomy 4:28

Deuteronomy 28:36

Psalm 81:12

Bible References

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Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah.

I will make these people a horrifying (shocking) sight to all the kingdoms on the earth. This will happen because of what Judah's King Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, did in Jerusalem.

You will lose the inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you have not heard of. I will do this because you have stirred up the fire of my anger. It will burn for a very long time.

The people of the land who were there before you did all these disgusting things. As a result, the land has become unclean.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day that you will soon utterly perish from off the land you possess the other side of the Jordan. You will not prolong your days upon it, but will be destroyed.

Jehovah will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

His fierce anger and fury caused Jehovah to uproot these people from their land and deported them to another country. This is where they still are today.'

If your hearts turn away, and you do not listen, you might be tempted to bow down to other gods and worship them.

Just as he kept every promise that he made to you, so he will carry out every threat.

I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.

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You are Israel's hope, its savior in times of trouble. Why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only one night?

This Jehoiakin is like a rejected and broken pot that no one wants. Is that why he and his descendants will be thrown out and cast into another land they have never heard of?

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You will serve gods that are the work of men's hands. Made of wood and stone. They cannot see, hear, eat or smell.

Jehovah will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel.