Jeremiah 50:33

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Summary

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

And all

They refused

General references

Deuteronomy 30:7

Proverbs 23:11

Jeremiah 51:24

Bible References

And all

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.

And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

They refused

And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

General references

And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.