Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
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Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLet now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
John
Gospels / JohnGreat men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job
WisdomAnd it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
LawFor ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesRemember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Revelation
ApocalypticSo they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalms
PoetryFor thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonIn those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsArt thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
John
Gospels / JohnHe brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms
PoetryThe son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsSo the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThere they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.