Jeremiah 20:16

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

And let that man {H376} be as the cities {H5892} which the LORD {H3068} overthrew {H2015}, and repented {H5162} not: and let him hear {H8085} the cry {H2201} in the morning {H1242}, and the shouting {H8643} at noontide {H6256}{H6672};

Let that man be like the cities ADONAI overthrew without mercy! Let him hear cries of alarm in the morning and the sound of battle at noon,

May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 18:22 (4 votes)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Jeremiah 48:3 (3 votes)

    A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

  • Jeremiah 48:4 (3 votes)

    Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

  • Deuteronomy 29:23 (3 votes)

    [And that] the whole land thereof [is] brimstone, and salt, [and] burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Hosea 10:14 (2 votes)

    Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.

  • Amos 1:14 (2 votes)

    But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

  • Genesis 19:24 (2 votes)

    ¶ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;