Lamentations 2:22

Contemporary English Version 1995

When you were angry, Lord, you invited my enemies like guests for a party. No one survived that day; enemies killed my children, my own little ones.

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:25

The Lord said, “Don't work in your fields or walk along the roads. It's too dangerous. The enemy is well armed

Psalm 31:13

I hear the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid!” They are plotting and scheming to murder me.

Jeremiah 46:5

I can see the battle now— you are defeated and running away, never once looking back. Terror is all around.

Jeremiah 20:3

The next day, when Pashhur let me go free, I told him that the Lord had said: No longer will I call you Pashhur. Instead, I will call you Afraid-of-Everything.

Deuteronomy 28:18

You'll have only a few children, your crops will be small, and your herds of cattle and flocks of sheep and goats won't produce many young.

Isaiah 28:19

Morning, noon, and night an overwhelming flood will wash you away. The terrible things that happen will teach you this lesson:

Jeremiah 11:11

Here is what I've decided to do. I will bring suffering on the people of Judah and Jerusalem, and no one will escape. They will beg me to help, but I won't listen to their prayers.

Jeremiah 44:7

Why do you now insist on heading for another disaster? A disaster that will destroy not only you, but also your children and babies.

2 Chronicles 36:17

The Lord sent King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to attack Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar killed the young men who were in the temple, and he showed no mercy to anyone, whether man or woman, young or old. God let him kill everyone in the city.

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.