Jeremiah 12:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² “The ravagers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness, for the sword of יהוה is devouring from one end of the land to the other end of the land. There is no peace to any flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Destroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace or can find the means to escape.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Destroyers are come upon all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

Common English Bible

¹² Over all the desert roads destroyers march; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no one is safe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh.

Jeremiah 12:12 Cross References

Isaiah 34:6

“The sword of יהוה shall be filled with blood, it shall be made overflowing with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For יהוה has a slaughtering in Botsrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Eḏom.

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace,” said my Elohim, “for the wrong.”

Jeremiah 15:2

“And it shall be, when they say to you, ‘Where do we go?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Those for death, to death. And those for the sword, to the sword. And those for scarcity of food, to scarcity of food. And those for captivity, to captivity.” ’

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus said יהוה, “Do not enter the house of mourning, neither go to lament or mourn for them, for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares יהוה, “even the loving-commitment and the compassions.

Jeremiah 25:11

And all this land shall be a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the sovereign of Baḇel seventy years.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see: where have you not lain with men? Besides the ways you have sat for them like an Araḇian in the wilderness. And you made the land unclean with your whorings and your evil.

Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard on the bare heights, weeping supplications of the children of Yisra’ĕl, because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten יהוה their Elohim.

Jeremiah 30:5

“For this is what יהוה said, ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Jeremiah 34:17

“Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release, each one to his brother and each one to his neighbour. See, I am proclaiming release to you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the scarcity of food! And I shall make you a horror to all reigns of the earth.

Jeremiah 4:27

For thus said יהוה, “All the earth shall be a ruin, but I shall not make a complete end.

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Master יהוה of hosts, a day of vengeance, to revenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and be satisfied and made drunk with their blood. For the Master יהוה of hosts has a slaughtering in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

Jeremiah 47:6

“O you sword of יהוה, how long till you rest? Put yourself up into your sheath, rest and be still!

Jeremiah 48:2

“There is praise for Mo’aḇ no longer. In Ḥeshbon they have devised evil against her, ‘Come and let us cut it off as a nation.’ O Maḏmĕn, you are also cut off, a sword goes after you.

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but there was no good; and for a time of healing, but see – fear!

Lamentations 3:17

And You have removed my being far from peace, I have forgotten goodness.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and I shall say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I shall cut off man and beast from it,

Ezekiel 21:28

“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach.’ And you shall say, ‘A sword, a sword, drawn for slaughter, polished to the utmost like lightning –

Ezekiel 21:4

“Because I shall cut off from you the righteous and the wrong, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:8

And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 21:9

“Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, ‘Thus said יהוה! “Say, ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished!

Ezekiel 5:2

“Burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed. And you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and scatter one-third in the wind. And I shall draw out a sword after them.

Leviticus 26:33

‘And I shall scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you. And your land shall be desert and your cities ruins,

Amos 9:4

“And if they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I shall command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I shall set My eyes on them for evil and not for good.”

Zephaniah 2:12

“You too, O Kushites, are to be slain by My sword.”

Deuteronomy 32:42

I make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword devours flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired enemy chiefs.’

Revelation 6:4

And another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was given to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another. And a great sword was given to him.