Verse 18

For, behold, I{H589} have made{H5414} thee this day{H3117} a fortified{H4013} city,{H5892} and an iron{H1270} pillar,{H5982} and brazen{H5178} walls,{H2346} against the whole land,{H776} against the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} against the princes{H8269} thereof, against the priests{H3548} thereof, and against the people{H5971} of the land.{H776}

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:7 : 7 For the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} will help{H5826} me; therefore have I not been confounded:{H3637} therefore have I set{H7760} my face{H6440} like a flint,{H2496} and I know{H3045} that I shall not be put to shame.{H954}
  • Jer 6:27 : 27 I have made{H5414} thee a trier{H969} [and] a fortress{H4013} among my people;{H5971} that thou mayest know{H3045} and try{H974} their way.{H1870}
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 And I will make{H5414} thee unto this people{H5971} a fortified{H1219} brazen{H5178} wall;{H2346} and they shall fight{H3898} against thee, but they shall not prevail{H3201} against thee; for I am with thee to save{H3467} thee and to deliver{H5337} thee, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Ezek 3:8-9 : 8 Behold, I have made{H5414} thy face{H6440} hard{H2389} against{H5980} their faces,{H6440} and thy forehead{H4696} hard{H2389} against{H5980} their foreheads.{H4696} 9 As an adamant{H8068} harder{H2389} than flint{H6864} have I made{H5414} thy forehead:{H4696} fear{H3372} them not, neither be dismayed{H2865} at their looks,{H6440} though they are a rebellious{H4805} house.{H1004}
  • Mic 3:8-9 : 8 But as{H199} for me, I am full{H4390} of power{H3581} by the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah,{H3068} and of judgment,{H4941} and of might,{H1369} to declare{H5046} unto Jacob{H3290} his transgression,{H6588} and to Israel{H3478} his sin.{H2403} 9 Hear{H8085} this, I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} that abhor{H8581} justice,{H4941} and pervert{H6140} all equity.{H3477}
  • Jer 42:22 : 22 Now therefore know{H3045} certainly{H3045} that ye shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence,{H1698} in the place{H4725} whither ye desire{H2654} to go{H935} to sojourn{H1481} there.
  • Jer 21:4-22:30 : 4 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will turn back{H5437} the weapons{H3627} of war{H4421} that are in your hands,{H3027} wherewith ye fight{H3898} against the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and against the Chaldeans{H3778} that besiege{H6696} you, without{H2351} the walls;{H2346} and I will gather{H622} them into the midst{H8432} of this city.{H5892} 5 And I myself will fight{H3898} against you with an outstretched{H5186} hand{H3027} and with a strong{H2389} arm,{H2220} even in anger,{H639} and in wrath,{H2534} and in great{H1419} indignation.{H7110} 6 And I will smite{H5221} the inhabitants{H3427} of this city,{H5892} both man{H120} and beast:{H929} they shall die{H4191} of a great{H1419} pestilence.{H1698} 7 And afterward,{H310} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will deliver{H5414} Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and his servants,{H5650} and the people,{H5971} even such as are left{H7604} in this city{H5892} from the pestilence,{H1698} from the sword,{H2719} and from the famine,{H7458} into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of those that seek{H1245} their life:{H5315} and he shall smite{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword;{H2719} he shall not spare{H2347} them, neither have pity,{H2550} nor have mercy.{H7355} 8 And unto this people{H5971} thou shalt say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, I set{H5414} before{H6440} you the way{H1870} of life{H2416} and the way{H1870} of death.{H4194} 9 He that abideth{H3427} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence;{H1698} but he that goeth out,{H3318} and passeth{H5307} over to the Chaldeans{H3778} that besiege{H6696} you, he shall live,{H2421} and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey.{H7998} 10 For I have set{H7760} my face{H6440} upon this city{H5892} for evil,{H7451} and not for good,{H2896} saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} it shall be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall burn{H8313} it with fire.{H784} 11 And touching the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} 12 O house{H1004} of David,{H1732} thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Execute{H1777} justice{H4941} in the morning,{H1242} and deliver{H5337} him that is robbed{H1497} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor,{H6231} lest my wrath{H2534} go forth{H3318} like fire,{H784} and burn{H1197} so that none can quench{H3518} it, because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of your doings.{H4611} 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant{H3427} of the valley,{H6010} [and] of the rock{H6697} of the plain,{H4334} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} you that say,{H559} Who shall come down{H5181} against us? or who shall enter{H935} into our habitations?{H4585} 14 And I will punish{H6485} you according to the fruit{H6529} of your doings,{H4611} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and I will kindle{H3341} a fire{H784} in her forest,{H3293} and it shall devour{H398} all that is round about{H5439} her. 1 Thus said{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Go down{H3381} to the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and speak{H1696} there this word,{H1697} 2 And say,{H559} Hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} that sittest{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David,{H1732} thou, and thy servants,{H5650} and thy people{H5971} that enter{H935} in by these gates.{H8179} 3 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Execute{H6213} ye justice{H4941} and righteousness,{H6666} and deliver{H5337} him that is robbed{H1497} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor:{H6216} and do no wrong,{H3238} do no violence,{H2554} to the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} nor the widow;{H490} neither shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place.{H4725} 4 For if ye do{H6213} this thing{H1697} indeed,{H6213} then shall there enter in{H935} by the gates{H8179} of this house{H1004} kings{H4428} sitting{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David,{H1732} riding{H7392} in chariots{H7393} and on horses,{H5483} he, and his servants,{H5650} and his people.{H5971} 5 But if ye will not hear{H8085} these words,{H1697} I swear{H7650} by myself, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that this house{H1004} shall become a desolation.{H2723} 6 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} Thou art Gilead{H1568} unto me, [and] the head{H7218} of Lebanon;{H3844} [yet] surely I will make{H7896} thee a wilderness,{H4057} [and] cities{H5892} which are not inhabited.{H3427} 7 And I will prepare{H6942} destroyers{H7843} against thee, every one{H376} with his weapons;{H3627} and they shall cut down{H3772} thy choice{H4005} cedars,{H730} and cast{H5307} them into the fire.{H784} 8 And many{H7227} nations{H1471} shall pass{H5674} by this city,{H5892} and they shall say{H559} every man{H376} to his neighbor,{H7453} Wherefore hath Jehovah{H3068} done{H6213} thus unto this great{H1419} city?{H5892} 9 Then they shall answer,{H559} Because they forsook{H5800} the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} other{H312} gods,{H430} and served{H5647} them. 10 Weep{H1058} ye not for the dead,{H4191} neither bemoan{H5110} him; but weep{H1058} sore{H1058} for him that goeth away;{H1980} for he shall return{H7725} no more, nor see{H7200} his native{H4138} country.{H776} 11 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} touching{H413} Shallum{H7967} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} who reigned{H4427} instead of Josiah{H2977} his father,{H1} [and] who went forth{H3318} out of this place:{H4725} He shall not return{H7725} thither any more. 12 But in the place{H4725} whither they have led him captive,{H1540} there shall he die,{H4191} and he shall see{H7200} this land{H776} no more. 13 Woe{H1945} unto him that buildeth{H1129} his house{H1004} by{H3808} unrighteousness,{H6664} and his chambers{H5944} by injustice;{H4941} that useth his neighbor's{H7453} service{H5647} without wages,{H2600} and giveth{H5414} him not his hire;{H6467} 14 that saith,{H559} I will build{H1129} me a wide{H4060} house{H1004} and spacious{H7304} chambers,{H5944} and cutteth him out{H7167} windows;{H2474} and it is ceiled{H5603} with cedar,{H730} and painted{H4886} with vermilion.{H8350} 15 Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him. 16 He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it. 18 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} they shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying], Ah{H1945} my brother!{H251} or, Ah{H1945} sister!{H269} They shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying] Ah{H1945} lord!{H113} or, Ah{H1945} his glory!{H1935} 19 He shall be buried{H6912} with the burial{H6900} of an ass,{H2543} drawn{H5498} and cast forth{H7993} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389} 20 Go up{H5927} to Lebanon,{H3844} and cry;{H6817} and lift up{H5414} thy voice{H6963} in Bashan,{H1316} and cry{H6817} from Abarim;{H5676} for all thy lovers{H157} are destroyed.{H7665} 21 I spake{H1696} unto thee in thy prosperity;{H7962} but thou saidst,{H559} I will not hear.{H8085} This hath been thy manner{H1870} from thy youth,{H5271} that thou obeyedst{H8085} not my voice.{H6963} 22 The wind{H7307} shall feed{H7462} all thy shepherds,{H7462} and thy lovers{H157} shall go{H3212} into captivity:{H7628} surely then shalt thou be ashamed{H954} and confounded{H3637} for all thy wickedness.{H7451} 23 O inhabitant{H3427} of Lebanon,{H3844} that makest thy nest{H7077} in the cedars,{H730} how greatly to be pitied{H2603} shalt thou be when pangs{H2256} come{H935} upon thee, the pain{H2427} as of a woman in travail!{H3205} 24 As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} though Coniah{H3659} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} were the signet{H2368} upon my right{H3225} hand,{H3027} yet would I pluck{H5423} thee thence; 25 and I will give{H5414} thee into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} thy life,{H5315} and into the hand{H3027} of them of whom{H6440} thou art afraid,{H3016} even into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and into the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans.{H3778} 26 And I will cast thee out,{H2904} and thy mother{H517} that bare{H3205} thee, into another{H312} country,{H776} where ye were not born;{H3205} and there shall ye die.{H4191} 27 But to the land{H776} whereunto their soul longeth{H5375} to return,{H7725} thither shall they not return.{H7725} 28 Is this man{H376} Coniah{H3659} a despised{H959} broken{H5310} vessel?{H6089} is he a vessel{H3627} wherein none delighteth?{H2656} wherefore are they cast out,{H7993} he and his seed,{H2233} and are cast{H2904} into the land{H776} which they know{H3045} not? 29 O earth,{H776} earth,{H776} earth,{H776} hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068} 30 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Write{H3789} ye this man{H376} childless,{H6185} a man{H1397} that shall not prosper{H6743} in his days;{H3117} for no more shall a man{H376} of his seed{H2233} prosper,{H6743} sitting{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David,{H1732} and ruling{H4910} in Judah.{H3063}
  • Jer 26:12-15 : 12 Then spake{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto all the princes{H8269} and to all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} me to prophesy{H5012} against this house{H1004} and against this city{H5892} all the words{H1697} that ye have heard.{H8085} 13 Now therefore amend{H3190} your ways{H1870} and your doings,{H4611} and obey{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} and Jehovah{H3068} will repent{H5162} him of the evil{H7451} that he hath pronounced{H1696} against you. 14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hand:{H3027} do{H6213} with me as is{H5869} good{H2896} and right{H3477} in your eyes. 15 Only know{H3045} ye for certain{H3045} that, if ye put me to death,{H4191} ye will bring{H5414} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} upon yourselves, and upon this city,{H5892} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} thereof; for of a truth{H571} Jehovah{H3068} hath sent{H7971} me unto you to speak{H1696} all these words{H1697} in your ears.{H241}
  • Jer 34:3 : 3 and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of his hand,{H3027} but shalt surely{H8610} be taken,{H8610} and delivered{H5414} into his hand;{H3027} and thine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200} the eyes{H5869} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall speak{H1696} with thee mouth{H6310} to mouth,{H6310} and thou shalt go{H935} to Babylon.{H894}
  • Jer 34:20-22 : 20 I will even give{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} their life;{H5315} and their dead bodies{H5038} shall be for food{H3978} unto the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and to the beasts{H929} of the earth.{H776} 21 And Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and his princes{H8269} will I give{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} their life,{H5315} and into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army,{H2428} that are gone away{H5927} from you. 22 Behold, I will command,{H6680} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and cause them to return{H7725} to this city;{H5892} and they shall fight{H3898} against it, and take{H3920} it, and burn{H8313} it with fire:{H784} and I will make{H5414} the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} a desolation,{H8077} without inhabitant.{H3427}
  • Jer 36:27-32 : 27 Then the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to Jeremiah,{H3414} after{H310} that the king{H4428} had burned{H8313} the roll,{H4039} and the words{H1697} which Baruch{H1263} wrote{H3789} at the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559} 28 Take{H3947} thee again{H7725} another{H312} roll,{H4039} and write{H3789} in it all the former{H7223} words{H1697} that were in the first{H7223} roll,{H4039} which Jehoiakim{H3079} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} hath burned.{H8313} 29 And concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} thou shalt say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Thou hast burned{H8313} this roll,{H4039} saying,{H559} Why hast thou written{H3789} therein, saying,{H559} The king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} shall certainly{H935} come{H935} and destroy{H7843} this land,{H776} and shall cause to cease{H7673} from thence man{H120} and beast?{H929} 30 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} He shall have none to sit{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David;{H1732} and his dead body{H5038} shall be cast out{H7993} in the day{H3117} to the heat,{H2721} and in the night{H3915} to the frost.{H7140} 31 And I will punish{H6485} him and his seed{H2233} and his servants{H5650} for their iniquity;{H5771} and I will bring{H935} upon them, and upon the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and upon the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} all the evil{H7451} that I have pronounced{H1696} against them, but they hearkened{H8085} not. 32 Then took{H3947} Jeremiah{H3414} another{H312} roll,{H4039} and gave{H5414} it to Baruch{H1263} the scribe,{H5608} the son{H1121} of Neriah,{H5374} who wrote{H3789} therein from the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah{H3414} all the words{H1697} of the book{H5612} which Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had burned{H8313} in the fire;{H784} and there were added{H3254} besides unto them many{H7227} like{H1992} words.{H1697}
  • Jer 37:7 : 7 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Thus shall ye say{H559} to the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} that sent{H7971} you unto me to inquire{H1875} of me: Behold, Pharaoh's{H6547} army,{H2428} which is come forth{H3318} to help{H5833} you, shall return{H7725} to Egypt{H4714} into their own land.{H776}
  • Jer 38:2 : 2 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} He that abideth{H3427} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence;{H1698} but he that goeth forth{H3318} to the Chaldeans{H3778} shall live,{H2421} and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey,{H7998} and he shall live.{H2421}
  • Jer 38:18 : 18 But if thou wilt not go forth{H3318} to the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} then shall this city{H5892} be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} and they shall burn{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of their hand.{H3027}
  • John 1:42 : 42 He{G2532} brought{G71} him{G846} unto{G4314} Jesus.{G2424} {G1161} {G1689} Jesus{G2424} looked{G1689} upon him,{G846} and said,{G2036} Thou{G4771} art{G1488} Simon{G4613} the son{G5207} of John:{G2495} thou{G4771} shalt be called{G2564} Cephas{G2786} (which{G3739} is by interpretation,{G2059} Peter).{G4074}