Jeremiah 10:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

My tent is pulled down and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are not: no longer is there anyone to give help in stretching out my tent and hanging up my curtains.

Cross References

Job 7:8

The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.

Proverbs 12:7

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

Isaiah 51:16

And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

Isaiah 51:18

She has no one among all her children to be her guide; not one of the sons she has taken care of takes her by the hand.

Isaiah 54:2

Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.

Jeremiah 30:17

For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.

Jeremiah 31:15

So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

Jeremiah 4:20

News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

Lamentations 1:5

Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.