16 Make ye mention of the heathen, and publish in Jerusalem, Behold, the scouts come from a far country, and cry out against the cities of Judah.

17 They have compassed her about as the watchmen of the [a]field, because it hath provoked me unto wrath, saith the Lord.

18 Thy ways and thine inventions have procured thee these things, such is thy wickedness: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall pierce unto thine heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:17 Which keep the fruits so straightly, that nothing can come in nor out: so should the Babylonians compass Judah.

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