Jeremiah 5:17
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. God asks Jeremiah to search Jerusalem for even one person who does justice and seeks truth. Neither the poor nor the great are faithful. Like lions and leopards they lie in wait for God's people. God will not make a …
Other Translations
And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting--by the sword.
They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.
Cross References
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together …
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a …
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall …
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is …
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the …
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of …
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the …
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and …
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of …
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no …