For this is what the LORD says concerning sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land: Cross References Jeremiah 6:21Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish." Jeremiah 15:8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay. Jeremiah 16:2 "You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place." Ezekiel 24:21 Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword. Chapter Outline 1. The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, 8. from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews; 10. because they were worse than their fathers. 14. Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 16. God will doubly recompense their idolatry. Jump to Previous Bare Bear Bearing Begat Beget Begetting Begot Birth Bore Born Daughters Fathers Life Mothers WomenJump to Next Bare Bear Bearing Begat Beget Begetting Begot Birth Bore Born Daughters Fathers Life Mothers Women |