Jeremiah 6:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

we'll attack after dark and destroy its fortresses.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 52:13

and he burned down the Lord's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

Isaiah 32:14

The palace will be deserted, the crowded city empty. Fortresses and towers will forever become playgrounds for wild donkeys and pastures for sheep.

Zechariah 11:1

Lebanon, open your gates! Let the fire come in to destroy your cedar trees.

Amos 2:5

Now I will send fire on Judah and destroy the fortresses of Jerusalem.

Hosea 8:14

Israel, I created you, but you forgot me. You and Judah built palaces and many strong cities. Now I will send fire to destroy your towns and fortresses.

Jeremiah 17:27

But if you keep on carrying things through the city gates on the Sabbath and keep treating it as any other day, I will set fire to these gates and burn down the whole city, including the fortresses.

Jeremiah 9:21

‘We were in our fortress, but death sneaked in through our windows. It even struck down children at play and our strongest young men.’

Psalm 48:3

God is there to defend it and has proved to be its protector.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Nebuchadnezzar's troops burned down the temple and destroyed every important building in the city. Then they broke down the city wall.

Obadiah 1:1

The Lord God gave Obadiah a message about Edom, and this is what we heard: “I, the Lord, have sent a messenger with orders for the nations to attack Edom.”

Jeremiah 52:7

the Babylonian troops broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate near the royal garden, even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They headed toward the Jordan River valley,