Jeremiah 13:16

Conservative English Version

You hope for light, but God is sending darkness. Evening shadows already deepen in the hills. So return to God and confess your sins to him before you trip and fall.

Cross References

Job 3:5

and send thick, gloomy shadows to fill it with dread.

Psalm 107:10

Some of you were prisoners suffering in deepest darkness and bound by chains,

Psalm 107:14

He brought you out of the deepest darkness and broke your chains.

Psalm 29:2

Honor the wonderful name of the LORD, and worship the LORD most holy and glorious.

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us, and you covered us with deepest darkness where wild animals live.

Exodus 10:21

The LORD said to Moses, "Stretch your arm toward the sky, and everything will be covered with darkness thick enough to touch."

Proverbs 4:19

The lifestyle of the wicked is like total darkness, and they will never know what makes them stumble.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Even if you live to a ripe old age, you should try to enjoy each day, because darkness will come and will last a long time. Nothing makes sense.

Isaiah 5:30

On the day they attack, they will roar like the ocean. And across the land you will see nothing but darkness and trouble, because the light of day will be covered by thick clouds.

Isaiah 59:10

We feel our way along, as if we were blind; we stumble at noon, as if it were night. We can see no better than someone dead.

Isaiah 59:9

No one has come to defend us or to bring about justice. We hoped for a day of sunshine, but all we found was a dark, gloomy night.

Isaiah 60:2

The earth and its people are covered with darkness, but the glory of the LORD is shining upon you.

Isaiah 8:22

and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors refused to ask for my help, though I had rescued them from Egypt and led them through a treacherous, barren desert, where no one lives or dares to travel.

Jeremiah 23:12

Now I will punish you with disaster, and you will slip and fall in the darkness. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 4:23

After this, I looked around. The earth was barren, with no form of life. The sun, moon, and stars had disappeared.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people, you are lost sheep abandoned by their shepherds in the mountains. You don't even remember your resting place.

Jeremiah 6:21

So I will put stumbling blocks in your path, and everyone will die, including parents and children, neighbors and friends.

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes became weary, hopelessly looking for help from a nation that could not save us.

Ezekiel 21:15

They will lose all courage and stumble with fear. My slaughtering sword is waiting at every gate, flashing and ready to kill.

Ezekiel 34:12

just as a shepherd looks for lost sheep. My sheep have been lost since that dark and miserable day when they were scattered throughout the nations. But I will rescue them

Ezekiel 36:15

(SEE 36:14)

Joel 2:2

It will be dark and gloomy with storm clouds overhead. Troops will cover the mountains like thunderclouds. No army this powerful has ever been gathered before or will ever be again.

Amos 4:13

I created the mountains and the wind. I let humans know what I am thinking. I bring darkness at dawn and step over hills. I am the LORD God All-Powerful!

Amos 5:18

You look forward to the day when the LORD comes to judge. But you are in for trouble! It won't be a time of sunshine; all will be darkness.

Malachi 2:2

You had better take seriously the need to honor my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

John 12:35

Jesus answered, "The light will be with you for only a little longer. Walk in the light while you can. Then you won't be caught walking blindly in the dark.

Joshua 7:19

"Achan," Joshua said, "the LORD God of Israel has decided that you are guilty. Is this true? Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything."

1 Peter 2:8

They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over that stone, because they were doomed.

1 Samuel 6:5

So make five gold models of the sores and five gold models of the rats that are wiping out your crops. If you honor the God of Israel with this gift, maybe he will stop causing trouble for you and your gods and your crops.