Jeremiah 51:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

Sworn

Jeremiah 49:13

Amos 6:8

Hebrews 6:13

As with

Nahum 3:15

Lift up

Jeremiah 50:15

General references

Genesis 22:16

Bible References

Sworn

For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

As with

They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.

For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.

What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

There the fire will make you waste; you will be cut off by the sword: make yourself as great in number as the worms, as great in number as the locusts.

Lift up

Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.

General references

Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,