Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, cast up a trench about Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited, all oppression is in the midst of her. no reference Context Jerusalem's Final Warning…5Arise, and let us go up in the night, and destroy her houses. 6For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, cast up a trench about Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited, all oppression is in the midst of her.7As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold: violence and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are continually before me.… Cross References Luke 19:43 For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every side, Deuteronomy 20:19 When thou hast besieged a city a long time, and hath compassed it with bulwarks, to take it, thou shalt not cut down the trees that may be eaten of, neither shalt thou spoil the country round about with axes: for it is a tree, and not a man, neither can it increase the number of them that fight against thee. Deuteronomy 20:20 But if there be any trees that are not fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and make engines, until thou take the city, which fighteth against thee. Isaiah 37:33 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it. Jeremiah 22:17 But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works. Jeremiah 32:24 Behold works are built up against the city to take it: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken, is all come to pass, as thou thyself seest. Jeremiah 32:31 For this city hath been to me a provocation and indignation from the day that they built it, until this day, in which it shall be taken out of my sight. Jeremiah 33:4 For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the houses of this city, and to the houses of the king of Juda, which are destroyed, and to the bulwarks, and to the sword. Ezekiel 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it. Ezekiel 5:5 Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem, I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries round about her. Daniel 11:15 And the king of the north shall come, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take the best fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up to resist, and they shall not have strength. Zephaniah 3:1 Woe to the provoking and redeemed city, the dove. Lexicon Forכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction this is what כֹ֤ה (ḵōh) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign says: אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Cut down כִּרְת֣וּ (kir·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the trees עֵצָ֔ה (‘ê·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6097: Timber and raise וְשִׁפְכ֥וּ (wə·šip̄·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out a siege ramp סֹלְלָ֑ה (sō·lə·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5550: A military mound, rampart of besiegers against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against Jerusalem. יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel This הִ֚יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are city הָעִ֣יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement must be punished; הָפְקַ֔ד (hā·p̄ə·qaḏ) Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit there is nothing but כֻּלָּ֖הּ (kul·lāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every oppression עֹ֥שֶׁק (‘ō·šeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain in her midst. בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (bə·qir·bāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7130: The nearest part, the center Additional Translations For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the middle of her. For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. For thus saith the Lord, Hew down her trees, array a numerous force against Jerusalem. O false city; there is all oppression in her. For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. For Yahweh of Armies said, "Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She is the city to be inspected, Wholly -- she is oppression in her midst. Jump to Previous Armies Build Cast City Cruel Cut Earthwork Everywhere False. Filled Hew Hosts Inspected Jerusalem Midst Mound Mount Oppression Placed Punished Ramps Siege Sorrow Trees Visited Ways Wholly WithinJump to Next Armies Build Cast City Cruel Cut Earthwork Everywhere False. Filled Hew Hosts Inspected Jerusalem Midst Mound Mount Oppression Placed Punished Ramps Siege Sorrow Trees Visited Ways Wholly WithinExternal Links Jeremiah 6:6 NIVJeremiah 6:6 NLT Jeremiah 6:6 ESV Jeremiah 6:6 NASB Jeremiah 6:6 ASV Jeremiah 6:6 Bible Apps Jeremiah 6:6 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 6:6 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 6:6 French Bible Jeremiah 6:6 German Bible Alphabetical: a against Almighty and be build cast city Cut down filled For her hosts In is it Jerusalem LORD midst must of only oppression punished ramps says siege the there This thus to trees up what whose with OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:6 For thus has Yahweh of Armies said (Jer.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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