Jeremiah 8:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

The voice

Jeremiah 4:16

Isaiah 13:5

Isaiah 39:3

The lord

Her king

Psalm 146:10

Psalm 149:2

Isaiah 33:22

Bible References

The voice

They are saying, 'Announce to the surrounding nations, "The enemy is coming!" Proclaim this message to Jerusalem: "Those who besiege cities are coming from a distant land. They are ready to raise the battle cry against the towns in Judah."'

They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.

Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say? Where do they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They come from the distant land of Babylon."

The lord

Then I said, "Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, "Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!"'"

The Lord deserves praise in Zion -- he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!"

Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.

It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the Lord has promised; the remnant will be those whom the Lord will call.

I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!

But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand -- the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Her king

The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord!

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king -- he will deliver us.