Jerusalem’s Final Warning
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; Neh 3:142Ch 11:62Sa 14:2Jdg 1:21Jer 4:5-6Jer 6:22Jos 18:21-28Amo 1:1
flee from Jerusalem!
Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;
send up a signal over Beth-haccherem,
for disaster looms from the north,
even great destruction.
Though she is beautiful and delicate, Isa 1:8Jer 4:31Isa 3:16-17Lam 2:1Lam 2:13
I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. 1
Shepherds and their flocks Luk 19:43Jer 39:1-32Ki 24:10-122Ki 24:22Ki 25:1-4Jer 12:10Jer 4:16-17Nam 3:18
will come against her;
they will pitch their tents all around her,
each tending his own portion:
‘Prepare for battle against her; Jer 15:8Jol 3:9Zep 2:4Jer 8:20Isa 13:2-5Isa 5:26-30Jer 5:10Jer 51:27-28
rise up, let us attack at noon.
Woe to us, for the daylight is fading;
the evening shadows grow long.
Rise up, let us attack by night Isa 32:14Jer 52:132Ch 36:19Amo 2:5Amo 3:10-11Hos 8:14Jer 17:27Jer 9:21
and destroy her fortresses!’”
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Deu 20:19-20Jer 32:24
“Cut down the trees
and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished;
there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
As a well gushes its water, Ezk 7:11Ezk 7:23Jer 20:8Isa 57:20Jas 3:10-12Ezk 22:3-12Mic 2:1-2Mic 2:8-10
so she pours out her evil.
Violence and destruction resound in her;
sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, Ezk 23:18Hos 9:12Jer 17:23Jer 32:33Jer 35:13-15Psa 50:17Zep 3:7Deu 32:29
or I will turn away from you;
I will make you a desolation,
a land without inhabitant.”
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Jer 16:16Jer 49:9Oba 1:5-6Jer 52:28-30Rev 14:18
“Glean the remnant of Israel
as thoroughly as a vine.
Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer
over the branches.”
To whom can I give this warning? Act 7:51Jer 7:26Heb 11:7Jhn 7:7Exo 6:12Isa 53:12Ch 36:15-162Ti 4:3
Who will listen to me?
Look, their ears are closed, 2
so they cannot hear.
See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them;
they find no pleasure in it.
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; Jer 20:9Jer 9:21Job 32:18-19Mic 3:8Act 17:16Act 18:5Act 4:20Ezk 3:14
I am tired of holding it back.
“Pour it out on the children in the street,
and on the young men gathered together.
For both husband and wife will be captured,
the old and the very old alike.
Their houses will be turned over to others, Jer 8:10Isa 5:251Ch 21:16Deu 28:30-33Deu 28:39-43Isa 10:4Isa 65:21-22Isa 9:12
their fields and wives as well,
for I will stretch out My hand
against the inhabitants of the land,”
declares the LORD.
“For from the least of them to the greatest, Jer 23:11Jer 8:10Mic 3:11Jer 22:17Mic 3:2-3Ezk 22:25-28Isa 57:17Jer 14:18
all are greedy for gain;
from prophet to priest,
all practice deceit.
They dress the wound of My people Ezk 13:10Jer 23:17Jer 4:10Lam 2:14Jer 14:13Jer 8:11-122Pe 2:18-19Mic 2:11
with very little care,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace at all.
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? Jer 8:12Mat 15:14Jer 3:3Php 3:19Exo 32:34Ezk 14:9-10Ezk 16:24-25Ezk 2:4
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
when I punish them, they will collapse,”
says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: Isa 30:21Deu 32:7Jer 18:15Mat 11:28-29Jer 7:23Col 2:6Isa 2:5Jer 18:12
“Stand at the crossroads and look.
Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’
Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
I appointed watchmen over you and said, Jer 25:4Isa 58:1Isa 21:11Zec 7:11Hab 2:1Isa 56:10Act 20:27-31Amo 3:6-8
‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’
But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
Therefore hear, O nations, Deu 29:24-28Isa 5:3Jer 31:10Jer 4:10Mic 6:5Psa 50:4-6
and learn, O congregations,
what will happen to them.
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, Isa 1:2Act 8:22Jer 17:10Jer 8:9Hos 10:13Hos 4:6Jer 22:29Jer 6:10
the fruit of their own schemes,
because they have paid no attention to My word
and have rejected My instruction.
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba Isa 1:11Amo 5:21-22Mic 6:6-8Psa 40:6Exo 30:23Isa 43:23-24Isa 60:6Isa 66:3
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please Me.”
Therefore this is what the LORD says: Isa 8:14Ezk 3:20Jer 13:16Isa 9:14-171Pe 2:82Ch 36:17Ezk 5:10Ezk 9:5-7
“I will lay stumbling blocks before this people;
fathers and sons alike will be staggered;
friends and neighbors will perish.”
An Invasion from the North
This is what the LORD says: Jer 10:22Jer 50:41-43Jer 1:14-15Jer 25:9Jer 5:15Jer 6:1
“Behold, an army is coming
from the land of the north;
a great nation is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.
They grasp the bow and spear; 3 Isa 13:18Jer 50:42Ezk 23:22-25Hab 1:6-10Isa 19:4Isa 5:26-30Jer 30:14Jer 4:13
they are cruel and merciless.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride upon horses,
lined up like men in formation
against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
We have heard the report; Jer 4:31Jer 49:24Jer 50:43Isa 21:3Isa 28:19Jer 13:21Jer 30:6Jer 4:19-21
our hands hang limp.
Anguish has gripped us,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
Do not go out to the fields; Jer 49:29Jer 14:18Jer 20:10Job 18:11Psa 31:132Ch 15:5Isa 1:20Jdg 5:6-7
do not walk the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.
O daughter of my people, Jer 4:8Zec 12:10Amo 8:10Ezk 27:30-31Ezk 7:16-18Isa 22:12Isa 22:4Isa 30:13
dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes.
Mourn with bitter wailing,
as you would for an only son,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, 4 Jer 1:18Jer 15:20Ezk 20:4Ezk 22:2Ezk 3:8-10Jer 9:7
so you may know and try their ways.
All are hardened rebels, Jer 9:4Jer 5:23Ezk 22:18-22Jer 18:18Isa 1:4-5Isa 31:6Jer 20:10Jer 6:30
walking around as slanderers.
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.
The bellows blow fiercely, 1Pe 4:12Ezk 24:13Hos 11:7Isa 49:4Jer 9:7Mal 3:2-3Pro 17:3Zec 13:9
blasting away the lead with fire.
The refining proceeds in vain,
for the wicked are not purged.
They are called rejected silver, Hos 9:17Isa 1:22Psa 119:119Isa 1:25Ezk 22:18-19Jer 14:19Jer 7:29Lam 5:22
because the LORD has rejected them.”