Jeremiah 6:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

I haue set thee for a defence and fortres among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies.

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  • Jer 1:18 : 18 For I, beholde, I this day haue made thee a defenced citie, and an yron pillar and walles of brasse against the whole lande, against the Kings of Iudah, and against the princes thereof, against the Priestes thereof and against the people of the lande.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 And I will make thee vnto this people a strong brasen wal, & they shal fight against thee, but they shal not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to saue thee & to deliuer thee, saith ye Lord.
  • Ezek 3:8-9 : 8 Beholde, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead harde against their foreheads. 9 I haue made thy forehead as the adamant, and harder then the flint: feare them not therefore, neither be afraid at their lookes: for they are a rebellious house. 10 He said moreouer vnto me, Sonne of man, receiue in thine heart al my words that I speake vnto thee, and heare them with thine eares,
  • Ezek 20:4 : 4 Wilt thou iudge them, sonne of man? Wilt thou iudge them? cause them to vnderstand the abominations of their fathers,
  • Ezek 22:2 : 2 Now thou sonne of man, wilt thou iudge, wilt thou iudge this bloody citie? wilt thou shew her all her abominations?
  • Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Behold, I wil melt them, & trie them: for what should I els do for the daughter of my people?

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  • Jer 1:18-19
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    18 For I, beholde, I this day haue made thee a defenced citie, and an yron pillar and walles of brasse against the whole lande, against the Kings of Iudah, and against the princes thereof, against the Priestes thereof and against the people of the lande.

    19 For they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth the Lord.

  • Jer 9:6-7
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    6 Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.

    7 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Behold, I wil melt them, & trie them: for what should I els do for the daughter of my people?

  • Isa 51:16
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    16 And I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, and haue defended thee in the shadowe of mine hand, that I may plant the heauens, and lay the foundation of the earth, and say vnto Zion, Thou art my people.

  • Jer 15:20
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    20 And I will make thee vnto this people a strong brasen wal, & they shal fight against thee, but they shal not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to saue thee & to deliuer thee, saith ye Lord.

  • Jer 6:26
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    26 O daughter of my people, girde thee with sackecloth, and wallowe thy selfe in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning as for thine onely sonne: for the destroier shall suddenly come vpon vs.

  • Isa 48:10
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    10 Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.

  • Jer 6:17-18
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    17 Also I set watchmen ouer you, which said, Take heede to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We will not take heede.

    18 Heare therefore, yee Gentiles, and thou Congregation knowe, what is among them.

  • Ezek 33:7
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    7 So thou, O sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt heare the woorde at my mouth, and admonish them from me.

  • Isa 21:6
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    6 For thus hath the Lord said vnto me, Go, set a watchman, to tell what he seeth.

  • Mic 2:8-9
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    8 But hee that was yesterday my people, is risen vp on the other side, as against an enemie: they spoyle the beautifull garment from them that passe by peaceably, as though they returned from the warre.

    9 The women of my people haue ye cast out from their pleasant houses, and from their childre haue ye taken away my glorie continually.

  • Isa 60:15
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    15 Where as thou hast bene forsaken and hated: so that no man went by thee, I will make thee an eternall glorie, and a ioye from generation to generation.

  • Jer 11:18
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    18 And the Lorde hath taught me, and I knowe it, euen then thou shewedst mee their practises.

  • 2 Kgs 19:25
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    25 Hast thou not heard, howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? & should I nowe bring it, that it should be destroyed, & laid on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?

  • Isa 57:14
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    14 And he shall say, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the way: take vp the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.

  • Isa 37:26
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    26 Hast thou not heard howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and layde on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?

  • Jer 10:17
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    17 Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place.

  • Mic 6:3
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    3 O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.

  • Jer 15:14
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    14 And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shal burne you.

  • Isa 1:25
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    25 Then I will turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, till it be pure, and take away all thy tinne.

  • 2 Sam 22:44
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    44 Thou hast also deliuered me from the cotentions of my people: thou hast preserued me to be the head ouer nations: the people which I knewe not, doe serue me.

  • Jer 12:3
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    3 But thou, Lord, knowest me: thou hast seene me, and tried mine heart towarde thee: pull them out like sheepe for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Ezek 5:14
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    14 Moreouer, I will make thee waste, and abhorred among the nations, that are round about thee, and in the sight of all that passe by.

  • Ezek 3:8-9
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    71%

    8 Beholde, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead harde against their foreheads.

    9 I haue made thy forehead as the adamant, and harder then the flint: feare them not therefore, neither be afraid at their lookes: for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ezek 3:17
    71%

    17 Sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore heare the worde at my mouth, and giue them warning from me.

  • Nah 2:1
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    1 The destroyer is come before thy face: keepe the munition: looke to the way: make thy loynes strong: increase thy strength mightily.

  • Jer 49:15
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    15 For loe, I will make thee but small among the heathen, and despised among men.

  • Jer 16:19
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    19 O Lord, thou art my force, & my strength & my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles shal come vnto thee from the ends of the world, & shal say, Surely our fathers haue inherited lies, and vanitie, wherein was no profite.

  • Isa 47:6
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    6 I was wroth with my people: I haue polluted mine inheritance, and giuen them into thine had: thou diddest shew them no mercy, but thou didest lay thy very heauy yoke vpon the ancient.

  • Jer 6:21-22
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    21 Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde, Beholde, I will laie stumbling blockes before this people, and the fathers and the sonnes together shall fall vpon them: the neighbour and his friende shall perish.

    22 Thus sayeth the Lorde, Beholde, a people commeth from the North countrey, and a great nation shall arise from the sides of the earth.

  • Jer 6:8
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    8 Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate as a land, that none inhabiteth.

  • Isa 25:2
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    2 For thou hast made of a citie an heape, of a strong citie, a ruine: euen the palace of strangers of a citie, it shall neuer be built.

  • Job 17:6
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    6 Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them.

  • Jer 4:17
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    17 They haue compassed her about as the watchmen of the fielde, because it hath prouoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.

  • Mic 6:16
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    16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, & all the maner of the house of Ahab, and ye walke in their counsels, that I should make thee waste, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall beare the reproche of my people.

  • Ps 144:2
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    2 He is my goodnes and my fortresse, my towre and my deliuerer, my shield, and in him I trust, which subdueth my people vnder me.

  • 2 Kgs 19:27
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    27 I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy furie against me.

  • Ps 61:3
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    3 For thou hast bene mine hope, and a strong tower against the enemie.

  • Jer 17:19
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    19 Thus hath the Lord said vnto me, Goe and stande in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the Kings of Iudah come in, and by the which they goe out, & in all ye gates of Ierusalem,

  • Nah 3:6
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    6 And I will cast filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gasing stocke.

  • Jer 6:2
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    2 I haue compared the daughter of Zion to a beautifull and daintie woman.

  • Isa 22:4
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    4 Therefore said I, Turne away from me: I wil weepe bitterly: labour not to comfort mee for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Nah 3:14
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    14 Drawe thee waters for the siege: fortifie thy strong holdes: go into the clay, and temper the morter: make strong bricke.

  • Isa 25:4
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    4 For thou hast bene a strength vnto the poore, euen a strength to the needie in his trouble, a refuge against the tempest, a shadow against the heate: for the blaste of the mightie is like a storme against the wall.

  • Jer 1:10
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    10 Beholde, this day haue I set thee ouer the nations and ouer the kingdomes to plucke vp, and to roote out, and to destroye and throwe downe, to builde, and to plant.