Jeremiah 50:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

Have devoured

Isaiah 56:9

We offend

The habitation

Jeremiah 31:23

Psalm 90:1

Psalm 91:1

The hope

Jeremiah 14:8

Psalm 22:4

1 Timothy 1:1

General references

Jeremiah 22:9

Jeremiah 30:16

Bible References

Have devoured

'Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.

The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.

We offend

Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says the LORD."

The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, "The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;

I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.

Neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but only a little angry, but they added to the calamity."

Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds do not pity them.

The habitation

Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: 'The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.'

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of Shaddai.

The hope

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

General references

Then they shall answer, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.'

Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who plunder you shall be plundered, and all who prey on you I will make a prey.