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Summary

And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

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Jeremiah 41:10
Then Ishmael took captive all the people who were still left alive in Mizpah. This included the royal princesses and all the rest of the people in Mizpah that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had put under the authority of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took all these people captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 43:6
They also led off all the men, women, children, and royal princesses that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. This included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah.
Lamentations 5:11
They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

Have set

Jeremiah 38:19
Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me."
Lamentations 1:2
(Bet) She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

Thy feet

Jeremiah 38:6
So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
Psalm 69:2
I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

They are

Jeremiah 46:5
What do I see?" says the Lord. "The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back.
Isaiah 42:17
Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'"
Lamentations 1:13
(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper's net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

General references

Ezekiel 11:8
You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,' declares the sovereign Lord.

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