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Jeremiah 21:13

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Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
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  1. Lamentations 4:12Rank 1 from verse 13
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    12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

  2. Ezekiel 13:8Rank 2 from verse 13
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    8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

  3. Obadiah 1:3–4Rank 3 from verse 13
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    3¶ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

    4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

  4. Jeremiah 23:30–32Rank 4 from verse 13
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    30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

    31Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

    32Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

  5. Jeremiah 49:4–5Rank 5 from verse 13
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    4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

    5Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

  6. Jeremiah 50:31Rank 6 from verse 13
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    31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

  7. Micah 3:11Rank 7 from verse 13
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    11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

  8. Psalms 125:2Rank 8 from verse 13
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    2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

  9. 2 Samuel 5:6–7Rank 9 from verse 13
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    6¶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

    7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

  10. Isaiah 22:1Rank 10 from verse 13
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    1THE burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

  11. Jeremiah 21:5Rank 11 from verse 13
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    5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  12. Jeremiah 49:16Rank 12 from verse 13
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    16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

  13. Exodus 13:8Rank 13 from verse 13
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    8¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

  14. Jeremiah 51:25Rank 14 from verse 13
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    25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

  15. Jeremiah 7:4Rank 15 from verse 13
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    4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

  16. Exodus 13:20Rank 16 from verse 13
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    20¶ And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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Jeremiah 21:13

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

rock

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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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plain

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1. A level tract of land. 2. Clear or evident. 3. Simple or unadorned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:11¶ And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the Lord;

21:12O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

21:13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

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21:14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

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