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Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

Verse ConceptsKilling ProphetsProphecy MuzzledAttempting To Kill Specific People

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

Verse ConceptsYouthFamine KillingKilling Sons And Daughters

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

Verse ConceptsLinenWaistsLinen Items

Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfDestruction Of JerusalemGod Opposes The Proudarrogance

Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

Verse ConceptsPlenty Of WinePeople With General Knowledge

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

Verse ConceptsWicked ProphetsGod Making DrunkThe Dynasty Of Daviddrunkards

Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardRestlessnessRestraintSelf ControlWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerWanderersGod Remembering SinLoving Evil

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfFamine KillingNo More FamineFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathFamine ComingDeath Looms NearWhere To?Famine Will Come

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

Verse ConceptsReinstatementRevival, PersonalReturning To GodTurning RoundGood WordsRestoring SinnersSpeaking As From God

For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

Verse ConceptsMothers And SonsMotherhoodFathers And Daughters

For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

Verse ConceptsDo Not MournGod Without MercyNo PeacePeace And ComfortFamily DeathProtecting Your FamilyRemoving People From Your LifeLoss Of A Loved Oneempathygrievingpitygraciousness

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesVoicesCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsGoing Out And Coming In

Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In OtBearing

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofPlansReformationGod Will Bring Harm

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

Verse ConceptsVirginUnique EventsPeople Appalledvirginity

Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessAttempting To Kill MeGod Not ForgivingAnger And Forgiveness

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersPotterPottery

And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

Verse ConceptsGroups TremblingGod Will Bring HarmKings of judah

And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemInadequate BurialsRepairingBurying places

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

Verse ConceptsSimilar Items

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodVillagesNecksObstinate IndividualsGod Will Bring Harm

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Verse ConceptsSpectatorsExile In ProspectMade A HorrorGod Will Cause Defeatrelentlessterrorism

Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Cause DefeatPerspective

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

Verse ConceptsHell, As Incentive To ActionSpiritually DeadLife And DeathLife After Death

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Verse ConceptsMorningFire Of God's AngerSaving PeopleEvery MorningRobbing People

Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

Verse ConceptsRoyal HousesKings of judah

For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesWeed

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?

For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

Verse ConceptsNo return from exileKings Of All Israel Or JudahKings of judah

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Verse ConceptsNot Mourning

Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

Verse ConceptsOffspringReasons For BarrennessNot ProsperingThe Dynasty Of David

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRetributionScattered Like Sheep

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter FoodWicked ProphetsBitternessprophets

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfListeningFalse ProphetsVisionsWord Of GodFalse Doctrines, AvoidanceFalse HopesNo VisionsDo Not Listen!Prophets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersProphecyimagination

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

Verse ConceptsGod Answered

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

Verse ConceptsGod Answered

But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

Verse ConceptsSurvivors Of IsraelBad Items

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeWineThe Coming Day Of God's Wrath

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Verse ConceptsDegradationGod Making DrunkDrunkennessbeeralcoholism

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsPeople Possibly Doing EvilThe Storms Of Life

Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

Verse ConceptsCourtyardCommands, in OTScripture, Sufficiency OfSubtracting From God

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

Verse ConceptsFulfilling The Law

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

Verse ConceptsForestsProphecy, Methods Of OtZion, As A SymbolArchaeologyProphesyingDestruction Of JerusalemMetaphorical PloughingNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindSeeking The Favour Of God

Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

Verse ConceptsYokes

And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonProphesying LiesWicked ProphetsDo Not Listen!

For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,

Verse ConceptsPillars For Solomon's Temple

Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsTemple Utensils Removed

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Verse ConceptsTwo Years

Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

Verse ConceptsIron, Figurative Use OfWoodIron ObjectsBronze GatesBreaking Chains

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

Verse ConceptsWild Beasts SubduedServing KingsGod's Yoke

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against GodNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearRebellion against Godrebellion

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled To

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofWarnings Against DeceptionFalse Doctrines, AvoidanceMisleading DreamsAvoiding DeceitWicked ProphetsDeceptionprophetsattention

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, Faithfulness OfBabylon, Prophecies OfempiresProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphets, Role OfReliabilitySeventy70 To 80 YearsPromise of return

Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

Verse ConceptsThroneThe Dynasty Of David

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Verse ConceptsFamine Coming From GodBad Items

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

Verse ConceptsSatan, Agents OfKilling ProphetsGod Will Cause DefeatNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

Verse ConceptsTrusting Deceptive ThingsGod Not SendingProphets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against GodFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtWritingBooks Of ProphecyInspirationOld Testament Claims InspirationJournalizing

For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Verse ConceptsPeople AppalledNo Peaceterrorismwholeness

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJacob, The PatriarchArchaeologyRebuilding JerusalemEzekiel InvasionRebirth Of IsraelLand Permanently Restored To Israelrebuilding

Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The WildernessSurvivalRestFavor

For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPraiseShoutingMusic To CelebrateSurvivors Favoured

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceReward, DivinePromise of returnDo Not MournReward For Works

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofObstinacy Against GodCalvesChastisementRevival, CorporateAfflictions, Prayer DuringAfflictions, Benefits OfSelf WillReinstating PeopleDisciplineYou Are Our God

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelA Righteous PeopleMay God Bless!

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

Verse ConceptsFate, And FatalismAstronomyCommands, in OTLight, NaturalMoonNatureOceansOrderly PatternsGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Sea Stirred UpSunshineThe Moon

Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfEarth's FoundationFinding ThingsGod Not ForsakingThe EarthRejectionisraelexploringmeasurement

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

Verse ConceptsCapturing Cities

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

Verse ConceptsClayStaying A Long Time

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

Verse ConceptsVineyard

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

Verse ConceptsGod Will Cause Defeat

And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Verse ConceptsGod Will Cause Defeat

For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodGod Harmed ThemCalamity

Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;

Verse ConceptsCreation Showing God's NatureEarth, Creation OfGod, The LordI Am The LordHis Name Is The Lord

For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesActual Attacks On Jerusalem

Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsEmpty CitiesLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals Affected

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals AffectedThose Who Kept Stock

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidThroneSaul And DavidThe Dynasty Of DavidGod's Covenant Is Everlasting

Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

Verse ConceptsProvision Of Day And NightPromises respectingSunshineThe MoonSeasons Changingcovenant

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Verse ConceptsTwo Groups

Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingUniverseOrderly PatternsProvision Of Day And NightGod Keeps CovenantGod Being In ControlThe MoonSeasons Changingcovenant