Verse 13

Behold, is it not of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} that the people{H5971} shall labour{H3021}{(H8799)} in the very{H1767} fire{H784}, and the people{H3816} shall weary{H3286}{(H8799)} themselves for very{H1767} vanity{H7385}?

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:11 : 11 Behold, all ye that kindle{H6919}{(H8802)} a fire{H784}, that compass yourselves about{H247}{(H8764)} with sparks{H2131}: walk{H3212}{(H8798)} in the light{H217} of your fire{H784}, and in the sparks{H2131} that ye have kindled{H1197}{(H8765)}. This shall ye have of mine hand{H3027}; ye shall lie down{H7901}{(H8799)} in sorrow{H4620}.
  • Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; The broad{H7342} walls{H2346} of Babylon{H894} shall be utterly{H6209}{(H8771)} broken{H6209}{(H8698)}, and her high{H1364} gates{H8179} shall be burned{H3341}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}; and the people{H5971} shall labour{H3021}{(H8799)} in vain{H7385}, and the folk{H3816} in{H1767} the fire{H784}, and they shall be weary{H3286}{(H8804)}.
  • Mal 1:4 : 4 Whereas Edom{H123} saith{H559}{(H8799)}, We are impoverished{H7567}{(H8795)}, but we will return{H7725}{(H8799)} and build{H1129}{(H8799)} the desolate places{H2723}; thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, They shall build{H1129}{(H8799)}, but I will throw down{H2040}{(H8799)}; and they shall call{H7121}{(H8804)} them, The border{H1366} of wickedness{H7564}, and, The people{H5971} against whom the LORD{H3068} hath indignation{H2194}{(H8804)} for{H5704} ever{H5769}.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherefore do ye spend{H8254}{(H8799)} money{H3701} for that which is not bread{H3899}? and your labour{H3018} for that which satisfieth{H7654} not{H3808}? hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} diligently{H8085}{(H8800)} unto me, and eat{H398}{(H8798)} ye that which is good{H2896}, and let your soul{H5315} delight{H6026}{(H8691)} itself in fatness{H1880}.
  • Ps 127:1-2 : 1 A Song{H7892} of degrees{H4609} for Solomon{H8010}. Except the LORD{H3068} build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004}, they labour{H5998}{(H8804)} in vain{H7723} that build{H1129}{(H8802)} it: except the LORD{H3068} keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}, the watchman{H8104}{(H8802)} waketh{H8245}{(H8804)} but in vain{H7723}. 2 It is vain{H7723} for you to rise up{H6965}{(H8800)} early{H7925}{(H8688)}, to sit up{H3427}{(H8800)} late{H309}{(H8764)}, to eat{H398}{(H8802)} the bread{H3899} of sorrows{H6089}: for so he giveth{H5414}{(H8799)} his beloved{H3039} sleep{H8142}.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom{H2451} nor understanding{H8394} nor counsel{H6098} against the LORD{H3068}.
  • Isa 41:5-8 : 5 The isles{H339} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} it, and feared{H3372}{(H8799)}; the ends{H7098} of the earth{H776} were afraid{H2729}{(H8799)}, drew near{H7126}{(H8804)}, and came{H857}{(H8799)}. 6 They helped{H5826}{(H8799)} every one{H376} his neighbour{H7453}; and every one said{H559}{(H8799)} to his brother{H251}, Be of good courage{H2388}{(H8798)}. 7 So the carpenter{H2796} encouraged{H2388}{(H8762)} the goldsmith{H6884}{(H8802)}, and he that smootheth{H2505}{(H8688)} with the hammer{H6360} him that smote{H1986}{(H8802)} the anvil{H6471}, saying{H559}{(H8802)}, It is ready{H2896} for the sodering{H1694}: and he fastened{H2388}{(H8762)} it with nails{H4548}, that it should not be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}. 8 But thou, Israel{H3478}, art my servant{H5650}, Jacob{H3290} whom I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, the seed{H2233} of Abraham{H85} my friend{H157}{(H8802)}.
  • Gen 11:6-9 : 6 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, the people{H5971} is one{H259}, and they have all one{H259} language{H8193}; and this they begin{H2490}{(H8687)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)}: and now nothing{H3808}{H3605} will be restrained{H1219}{(H8735)} from them, which they have imagined{H2161}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)}. 7 Go to{H3051}{(H8798)}, let us go down{H3381}{(H8799)}, and there confound{H1101}{(H8799)} their language{H8193}, that{H834} they may not understand{H8085}{(H8799)} one{H376} another's{H7453} speech{H8193}. 8 So the LORD{H3068} scattered them abroad{H6327}{(H8686)} from thence{H8033} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth{H776}: and they left off{H2308}{(H8799)} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} the city{H5892}. 9 Therefore is the name of it{H8034} called{H7121}{(H8804)} Babel{H894}; because the LORD{H3068} did there confound{H1101}{(H8804)} the language{H8193} of all the earth{H776}: and from thence did{H6327} the LORD{H3068} scatter them abroad{H6327}{(H8689)} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth{H776}.
  • Job 5:13-14 : 13 He taketh{H3920}{(H8802)} the wise{H2450} in their own craftiness{H6193}: and the counsel{H6098} of the froward{H6617}{(H8737)} is carried headlong{H4116}{(H8737)}. 14 They meet{H6298}{(H8762)} with darkness{H2822} in the daytime{H3119}, and grope{H4959}{(H8762)} in the noonday{H6672} as in the night{H3915}.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man{H376} walketh{H1980}{(H8691)} in a vain shew{H6754}: surely they are disquieted{H1993}{H8799)} in vain{H1892}: he heapeth up{H6651}{H8799)} riches, and knoweth{H3045}{H8799)} not who shall gather{H622}{H8802)} them.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told{H5046}{(H8689)} David{H1732}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ahithophel{H302} is among the conspirators{H7194}{(H8802)} with Absalom{H53}. And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068}, I pray thee, turn the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302} into foolishness{H5528}{(H8761)}.
  • Jer 51:64 : 64 And thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thus shall Babylon{H894} sink{H8257}{(H8799)}, and shall not rise{H6965}{(H8799)} from{H6440} the evil{H7451} that I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} upon her: and they shall be weary{H3286}{(H8804)}. Thus far are the words{H1697} of Jeremiah{H3414}.