1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord , return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.[ † ]Jeremiah 3:1-22Jeremiah 15:19Joel 2:12 2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.[ † ]Deuteronomy 10:20Isaiah 45:23Isaiah 65:16Jeremiah 12:16Isaiah 48:1Zechariah 8:8Genesis 22:18Psalms 72:18Jeremiah 3:17Galatians 3:8Isaiah 45:25Jeremiah 9:241 Corinthians 1:312 Corinthians 10:17
3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.[ † ]Hosea 10:12Matthew 13:7
4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord , and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it , because of the evil of your doings.[ † ]Deuteronomy 10:16Deuteronomy 30:6Jeremiah 9:25-26Romans 2:28-29Colossians 2:11
5Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.[ † ]Jeremiah 6:1Hosea 8:1Joshua 10:20Jeremiah 8:14 6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.[ † ]Jeremiah 1:13-15Jeremiah 6:1-22Jeremiah 50:17 7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.[ † ]2 Kings 24:1Daniel 7:4Jeremiah 25:9Ezekiel 26:7-10Isaiah 1:7Isaiah 6:11Jeremiah 2:15 8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.[ † ]Isaiah 22:12Jeremiah 6:26
9And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord , that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. 10Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.[ † ]2 Kings 25:10-12Ezekiel 14:92 Thessalonians 2:11Jeremiah 5:12Jeremiah 14:13 11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,[ † ]Jeremiah 51:1Ezekiel 17:10Hosea 13:15 12even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.[ † ]Jeremiah 1:16
13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.[ † ]Isaiah 5:28Deuteronomy 28:49Lamentations 4:19Hosea 8:1Habakkuk 1:8 14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?[ † ]Proverbs 1:22Isaiah 1:16Jeremiah 13:27James 4:8 15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.[ † ]Jeremiah 8:16Jeremiah 50:17 16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.[ † ]Isaiah 39:3Jeremiah 5:15 17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord .[ † ]2 Kings 25:1-4
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.[ † ]Psalms 107:17Isaiah 50:1Jeremiah 2:17-19
19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.[ † ]2 Kings 25:112 Chronicles 36:20Isaiah 15:5Isaiah 16:11Isaiah 21:3Isaiah 22:4Jeremiah 9:1-10Jeremiah 20:9 20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.[ † ]Psalms 42:7Ezekiel 7:26Jeremiah 10:20 21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.[ † ]Jeremiah 9:3Jeremiah 13:23Romans 16:191 Corinthians 14:20
23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.[ † ]Isaiah 24:19Genesis 1:2 24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.[ † ]Isaiah 5:25Jeremiah 10:10Ezekiel 38:20 25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.[ † ]Jeremiah 9:10Jeremiah 12:4Zephaniah 1:3 26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord , and by his fierce anger.[ † ]Jeremiah 9:10
27For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.[ † ]Jeremiah 5:10-18Jeremiah 30:11Jeremiah 46:28 28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it , I have purposed it , and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.[ † ]Jeremiah 12:4-11Jeremiah 14:2Hosea 4:3Isaiah 5:30Isaiah 50:3Joel 2:30-31Isaiah 46:10-11Daniel 4:35Numbers 23:19Jeremiah 7:16Jeremiah 23:30Jeremiah 30:24 29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.[ † ]2 Kings 9:30Ezekiel 23:40Jeremiah 22:20-22Lamentations 1:2-19Ezekiel 23:9-10, 22 31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying , Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.[ † ]Isaiah 1:15Lamentations 1:17