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Jeremiah 6:21 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 6 · verse 21 · King James Version
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.Jeremiah 6:21 · King James Version
Jeremiah 6:21 in context
19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Key words (Strong's)
- stumblingblocksmikshôwla stumbling-block, literally or figuratively , scruple)H4383 →
- neighbourshâkêna residentH7934 →
- togetheryachadproperly, a unitH3162 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
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