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Jeremiah 4:17

They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

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ASV

As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

KJV

As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣יke.sho.me.Reilike [those who] guardH8104 →
שָׂדַ֔יsa.Dai<of> a fieldH7704 →
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey areH1961 →
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
מִסָּבִ֑יבmi.sa.Vivfrom round aboutH5439 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
אֹתִ֥י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
מָרָ֖תָהma.Ra.tahit has been rebellious againstH4784 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Jeremiah 5:23But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.2 Kings 25:1–4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.Isaiah 1:20–23But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.Isaiah 1:8And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.Daniel 9:7–19To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.Jeremiah 6:2–3Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.Luke 21:20–24But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.Ezekiel 2:3–7“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.Deuteronomy 28:33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.Jeremiah 4:16Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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