Self-interpreting Bible

1 IF thou wilt return, O ^aIsrael, saith the LORD, ^breturn unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine ^cabominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not ^dremove.

• a: Je. 2:4 , Je. 3:12 , Je. 3:18 , Je. 3:20
• b: 2:12 , Ho. 14:1 , Ho. 12:6 , Is. 31:6 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:4 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:22
• c: De. 27:15 , Eze. 11:18 , Eze. 20:7 , Eze. 20:8 , Eze. 14:3 , Eze. 14:4 , Eze. 22:28
• d: Je. 15:4 , Je. 24:9 , Is. 6:12 , Is. 26:15 , 2Ch. 33:8 , 1Ki. 14:15

2 And ^ethou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, ^fin truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and ^gthe nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

• e: De. 10:20
• f: Is. 48:1
• g: Ge. 22:18 , Je. 3:17 , Je. 9:24 , Is. 45:25 , 1Co. 1:31 , 2Co. 10:17 , Is. 60:19 , Is. 65:16 , Ps. 72:17

3 ¶For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, ^hBreak up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

• h: Ho. 10:12 , Mat. 13:7 , Mat. 13:22 , Lu. 8:14 , Ga. 6:7 , Ga. 6:8

4 ⁱCircumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: ^jlest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

• i: Je. 9:24 , De. 10:16 , De. 30:6 , Ro. 2:28 , Ro. 2:29 , Col. 2:11 , Eze. 18:31
• j: Je. 21:12 , Am. 5:6 , Zep. 2:2 , De. 32:22 , Is. 5:24 , Is. 5:26 , Eze. 20:46 , Eze. 20:47

5 ^kDeclare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into ^lthe defenced cities.

• k: Eze. 33:2 , Eze. 33:3 , Ho. 8:1 , Je. 4:16 , Je. 6:1 , Je. 8:14 , Je. 35:11
• l: Je. 1:18

6 Set up the ^*standard toward Zion: ¹retire, stay not: for ^mI will bring evil from the north, and a great ²destruction.

• *: standard-flag, banner.
• 1: Or, strengthen.
• m: Je. 1:13 - 15 , Je. 6:22 , Je. 19:2 , Je. 19:15 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 21:7
• 2: Heb. breaking.

7 The ⁿlion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, ^owithout an inhabitant.

• n: Je. 2:15 , Je. 5:6 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 50:23 , Je. 51:20 , Da. 7:4 , Da. 4:30 , Is. 6:11 , Is. 6:12 , 2Ki. 24:1 , 2Ki. 25:1
• o: Is. 5:9 , Is. 6:11 , Je. 26:9 , Je. 33:10

8 For this ^p*gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD ^qis not turned back from us.

• p: Je. 6:26 , 2Ki. 6:30 , Is. 22:12 , Is. 15:3
• *: gird-secure with a belt or band, encircle.
• q: Is. 9:12 , Is. 9:17 , Is. 9:21 , Is. 10:4

9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that ^rthe heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and ^sthe priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

• r: Ps. 73:26 , Ps. 102:4 , Is. 19:11 , Is. 19:12 , Is. 20:3 , Is. 20:4 , Is. 22:3 , Is. 22:5 , 2Ki. 24:1 , 2Ki. 24:12 , 2Ki. 25:4
• s: Je. 6:13 , Je. 6:14 , Je. 37:19 , Je. 4:10 , Is. 29:9 , Ac. 13:41

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou ^thast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ^uYe shall have peace; whereas the sword ^vreacheth unto the soul.

• t: Is. 63:17 , 1Ki. 22:21 - 23 , Eze. 14:9 , Je. 5:12 , Je. 14:13 , 2Th. 2:11 , 2Th. 2:12 , Ps. 81:12
• u: Is. 37:35
• v: La. 2:21 , Je. 4:18 , Ex. 9:14 , Is. 1:5 , Is. 1:6 , Eze. 7:4

11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ^wA dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, ^xnot to fan, nor to cleanse,

• w: Is. 5:26 - 30 , Is. 27:8 , Je. 23:19 , Je. 30:23 , Je. 30:24 , Je. 49:36 , Je. 51:1 , Eze. 17:10 , Eze. 19:12 , Ho. 13:15 , Ps. 11:6
• x: Je. 18:17 , Je. 51:2

12 Even ³a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I ⁴give sentence against them.

• 3: Or, a fuller wind than those.
• 4: Heb. utter judgments, ch. 1.16. Eze. 5.7-17; 6.2-14; 7.2-15. , Je. 1:16 , Eze. 5:7 - 17 , Eze. 6:2 - 14 , Eze. 7:2 - 15

13 Behold, ^yhe shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: ^zhis horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

• y: Is. 19:1 , Is. 5:28 , Is. 65:15 , Je. 4:7
• z: De. 28:49 , La. 4:19 , Da. 7:4 , Ho. 8:1 , Hab. 1:6 , Hab. 1:8

14 O Jerusalem, ^awash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

• a: Is. 1:16 , Mat. 23:26 , Ja. 4:8 , Ac. 8:22 , Je. 13:27 , Je. 3:12 , Je. 3:13 , Je. 2:18 , Je. 2:36 , Je. 2:37

15 For ^ba voice declareth ^cfrom Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

• b: Je. 8:16 , Je. 6:1 , Je. 4:6
• c: Je. 1:13

16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that ^dwatchers come from a far country, and ^egive out their voice against the cities of Judah.

• d: De. 28:49 , De. 28:52 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 39:1 , Is. 39:3
• e: Eze. 21:22 , Je. 2:15

17 As ^fkeepers of a field, are they against her round about; because ^gshe hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

• f: Is. 1:8 , Is. 22:7 , 2Ki. 25:1 - 4 , Je. 6:3 , Je. 39:1
• g: Ne. 9:26 , Ne. 9:30 , La. 1:8 , Da. 9:7 , Is. 1:2 - 8 , Is. 24:5 , Is. 24:6 , Je. 6:7 , Je. 7:13 , Zep. 3:1 - 3 , Je. 2:19

18 ^hThy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

• h: Ps. 107:17 , Ps. 11:6 , Is. 50:1 , Is. 3:11 , Je. 2:17 , Je. 2:19 , Je. 5:19 , Je. 6:19 , Je. 7:17 - 20 , Ro. 2:8 , Ro. 2:9

19 ¶My ^i*bowels, my bowels! I am pained at ⁵my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because ^jthou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

• i: Is. 16:11 , Is. 22:4 , Is. 21:3 , Is. 21:4 , Is. 15:5 , Je. 9:1 , Job 30:27 , La. 1:20 , La. 2:11
• *: bowels-internal organs.
• 5: Heb. the walls of my heart.
• j: Je. 4:5 , Je. 4:6 , Je. 4:15 , Je. 4:16 , Hab. 3:16

20 ^kDestruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my ^ltents spoiled, and ^mmy curtains in a moment.

• k: Ps. 42:7 , Eze. 7:26 , Je. 4:23 - 26
• l: Je. 10:20 , Is. 33:20 , Is. 54:2 , Is. 38:12 , Is. 1:8 , 2Ki. 25:4 , 2Ki. 25:9
• m: Je. 49:29

21 ⁿHow long shall I see the ^*standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

• n: 2Ki. 23:29 , 2 Kings 24 , 2 Kings 25 , Je. 4:5 , Je. 4:6 , Je. 4:15 , Je. 4:16 , Je. 6:1
• *: standard-flag, banner.

22 For ^omy people is foolish, they have not known me; they are ^*sottish children, and they have none understanding: ^pthey are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

• o: Ro. 1:22 , Je. 9:5 , Je. 5:4 , Je. 5:5 , Is. 1:3 , Is. 27:11 , Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:6 , De. 32:28
• *: sottish-foolish.
• p: Mi. 2:1 , Lu. 16:8 , 1Co. 14:20 , 2Sa. 13:3 , Ro. 8:6 , Ro. 8:7 , Ro. 16:19 , Je. 9:5 , Je. 9:8 , Am. 3:10 , 2 Timothy 3

23 I ^qbeheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

• q: Is. 24:1 - 12 , Is. 24:17 - 23 , Is. 5:30 , Is. 13:10 , Eze. 32:7 , 2:10 , 3:15 , Am. 8:9 , Ge. 1:2

24 I ^rbeheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

• r: Is. 5:25 , Lu. 21:25 , Lu. 21:26 , Je. 9:10 , Eze. 38:20 , Hab. 3:6

25 I beheld, and, lo, there was ^sno man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

• s: Is. 6:11 , Is. 6:12 , Is. 1:28 , Is. 2:10 - 22 , Is. 3:25 , Is. 3:26 , Zep. 1:3

26 I beheld, and, lo, ^tthe fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at ^uthe presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

• t: Je. 7:20 , Je. 9:10 , Je. 12:4 , Je. 14:2 , Ho. 4:3 , Is. 5:9 , Is. 5:24 , Is. 5:25
• u: Na. 1:5 , La. 2:1 - 22 , Ps. 76:7

27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; ^vyet will I not make a full end.

• v: Je. 5:10 , Je. 5:18 , Je. 30:11 , Je. 46:28 , Is. 1:9 , Is. 24:13 , Le. 26:44 , Eze. 11:13 , Hab. 3:2

28 For ^wthis shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because ^xI have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

• w: Ho. 4:3 , Is. 5:30 , Is. 8:22 , Is. 13:10 , Is. 33:9 , Is. 34:4 , Is. 50:3 , Je. 4:23 - 26
• x: Nu. 23:19 , Is. 14:24 , Is. 14:27 , Is. 46:10 , Je. 15:1 - 9 , Eze. 14:13 - 21 , Je. 7:16 , Je. 14:11 , Je. 14:12 , Je. 25:9 - 11

29 The ^ywhole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

• y: Je. 6:1 , 2Ki. 25:4 , Am. 9:2 , Am. 9:3 , 2Ch. 36:16 , 2Ch. 36:17 , 2Ch. 33:11 , Je. 25:9 - 11 , Lamentations 1 - 3

30 And when thou art spoiled, ^zwhat wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou ^adeckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy ⁶face with painting, ^bin vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy ^clovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

• z: Is. 10:3 , Is. 33:14 , Is. 20:6
• a: Is. 61:10
• 6: Heb. eyes.
• b: Je. 2:13 , Je. 2:18 , Je. 2:25 , Je. 2:36 , Je. 17:5 , Je. 22:20 - 22 , La. 1:2 , La. 1:19 , La. 4:17 , Eze. 16:36 , Eze. 16:37 , Eze. 23:9 , Eze. 23:10 , Eze. 23:22 - 49 , Ho. 12:1
• c: Eze. 23:5

31 For I have heard a voice ^das of a woman in ^*travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of ^ethe daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that ^fspreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied ^gbecause of murderers.

• d: Is. 13:8 , Is. 21:3 , Is. 26:17 , Je. 6:24 , Je. 13:21 , Je. 30:6 , Je. 48:41 , Je. 49:22 , Je. 49:24 , Je. 49:30
• *: travail-childbirth.
• e: Je. 6:2 , Je. 6:23 , La. 1:6 , La. 2:1 , La. 5:18 , Is. 1:8
• f: La. 1:17 , Is. 1:15
• g: 2Ch. 36:16 , 2Ch. 36:17 , Je. 19:7 , Je. 18:21 , Je. 21:5 - 10 , Je. 51:34 , Je. 51:35 , La. 4:9 , La. 4:10 , La. 2:20 , La. 2:21 , Eze. 23:46 , Eze. 23:47