Jeremiah 18:21

Catholic Public Domain Version

Because of this, give their sons over to famine, and bring them to the hand of the sword. Let their wives be widows without children. And let their husbands be slain by death. Let their youths be stabbed with the sword in battle.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:17

For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.

Psalm 63:10

and every man was afraid. And they announced the works of God, and they understood his acts.

Psalm 63:11

The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. And all the upright of heart will be praised.

Exodus 22:24

And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

Isaiah 13:18

Instead, with their arrows, they will put the little children to death, and they will take no pity on breastfeeding women, and their eye will not spare their children.

Isaiah 9:16

And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently.

Isaiah 9:17

For this reason, the Lord will not rejoice over their youths. And he will not take pity on their orphans and widows. For each one is a hypocrite, and each one is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.

Jeremiah 12:3

And you, O Lord, have known me well. You have seen me, and you have tested my heart with you. Gather them together like a flock for the sacrifice and sanctify them for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 14:16

And the people, to whom they prophesy, will be cast into the streets of Jerusalem, due to famine and the sword, and there will be no one who may bury them, they and their wives, their sons and daughters, and I will pour out their own evil upon them.

Jeremiah 15:7

And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.

Jeremiah 15:8

Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.

Jeremiah 50:30

For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be silenced, in that day, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:21

'For death has climbed through our windows. It has entered our houses to perish the little children from the outdoors, the youths from the streets.' "

Lamentations 1:15

SAMECH. The Lord has taken away all of my great ones from my midst. He has called forth time against me, so as to crush my elect ones. The Lord has trampled the winepress, which was for the virgin daughter of Judah.

Lamentations 5:3

We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.

Ezekiel 16:38

And I will judge you with the judgment of adulteresses and of those who shed blood. And I will give you over to blood, in fury and in zeal.

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst. Like a lion, roaring and seizing the prey, they have devoured souls. They have taken riches and a price. They have multiplied widows in her midst.

Amos 4:10

I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:25

Outside, the sword will devastate them; and inside, there will be dread, as much for the young man as for the maiden, and as much for the newborn as for the old man.

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith has shown me much evil; the Lord will repay him according to his works.

1 Samuel 15:33

And Samuel said, "Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women." And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.