Jeremiah 6:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Were

Jeremiah 3:3

Jeremiah 8:12

Isaiah 3:9

Blush

Philippians 3:19

Therefore

At the time

Micah 7:4

General references

Genesis 19:5

Acts 23:14

Bible References

Were

That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord.

The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

Blush

The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says.'

you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square.

For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

Therefore

So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them." The Lord affirms it!

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

"'As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word -- I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

At the time

I will surely punish them for doing such things!" says the Lord. "I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!"

So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin."

An end comes -- the end comes! It has awakened against you -- the end is upon you! Look, it is coming!

The prophet is considered a fool -- the inspired man is viewed as a madman -- because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen -- your appointed time of punishment -- is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.

General references

They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"

They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.