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Jer 15:8 — Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

widows		Isa 3:25,26; Isa 4:1
the mother, etc.		or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc. or, the mother and the young men
a spoiler		Jer 4:16; Jer 5:6; Jer 6:4,5; Luk 21:35

Correlating Passages

widows

	Isa 3:25	Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
	Isa 3:26	And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.
	Isa 4:1	And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

a spoiler

	Jer 4:16	Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
	Jer 5:6	Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
	Jer 6:4	Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
	Jer 6:5	Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
	Luk 21:35	For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 15:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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