Jeremiah 12:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A destroying army marches along desert roads and attacks everywhere. They are my deadly sword; no one is safe from them.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the LORD is covered with blood from lambs and goats, together with fat from kidneys of rams. This is because the LORD will slaughter many people and make a sacrifice of them in the city of Bozrah and everywhere else in Edom.

Isaiah 57:21

But I, the LORD, have promised that none who are evil will live in peace.

Jeremiah 15:2

And when they ask where they are going, tell them that I, the LORD, have said: Some of you are going to die of horrible diseases. Others are going to die in war or from starvation. The rest will be led away to a foreign country.

Jeremiah 16:5

When someone dies, don't visit the family or show any sorrow. I will no longer love or bless or have any pity on the people of Judah.

Jeremiah 25:11

This country will be as empty as a desert, because I will make all of you the slaves of the king of Babylonia for seventy years.

Jeremiah 3:2

Just try to find one hilltop where you haven't gone to worship other gods by having sex. You sat beside the road like a robber in ambush, except you offered yourself to every passer-by. Your sins of unfaithfulness have polluted the land.

Jeremiah 3:21

Listen to the noise on the hilltops! It's the people of Israel, weeping and begging me to answer their prayers. They forgot about me and chose the wrong path.

Jeremiah 34:17

You have disobeyed me by not giving your slaves their freedom. So I will give you freedom—the freedom to die in battle or from disease or hunger. I will make you disgusting to all other nations on earth.

Jeremiah 4:27

The LORD said: I have made my decision, and I won't change my mind. This land will be destroyed, although not completely. The sky will turn dark, and the earth will mourn.

Jeremiah 46:10

But the LORD All-Powerful will win this battle and take revenge on his enemies. His sword will eat them and drink their blood until it is full. They will be killed in the north near the River Euphrates, as a sacrifice to the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:2

No one honours you, Moab. In Heshbon, enemies make plans to end your life. My sword will leave only silence in your town named “Quiet”.

Jeremiah 8:15

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

Lamentations 3:17

I cannot find peace or remember happiness.

Ezekiel 14:17

Or suppose I send an enemy to attack a sinful nation and kill its people and livestock.

Ezekiel 21:28

The LORD God said: Ezekiel, son of man, the Ammonites have insulted Israel, so condemn them and tell them I am saying: A sword is drawn, ready to slaughter; it is polished and prepared to kill as fast as lightning.

Ezekiel 21:4

From south to north, people will die,

Ezekiel 21:8

The LORD said:

Ezekiel 21:9

Ezekiel, son of man, tell the people of Jerusalem: I have sharpened my sword to slaughter you; it is shiny and will flash like lightning! Don't celebrate— punishment is coming, because everyone has ignored my warnings.

Ezekiel 5:2

After you attack the brick that stands for Jerusalem, burn one pile of your hair on the brick. Chop up the second pile and let the small pieces of hair fall around the brick. Throw the third pile into the wind, and I will strike it with my own sword.

Leviticus 26:33

After I destroy your towns and ruin your land with war, I'll scatter you among the nations.

Amos 9:4

I'll send a sword to kill them, wherever their enemies drag them off as captives. I'm determined to hurt them, not to help them.”

Zephaniah 2:12

People of Ethiopia, the sword of the LORD will slaughter you!

Deuteronomy 32:42

My arrows will get drunk on enemy blood; my sword will taste the flesh and the blood of the enemy. It will kill prisoners, and cut off the heads of their leaders.”

Revelation 6:4

Then another horse came out. It was fiery red. And its rider was given the power to take away all peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. He was also given a big sword.