Jeremiah 15:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

There will be more widows in Judah than grains of sand on a beach. A surprise attack at midday! And the mothers in Jerusalem mourn for their children.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:25

The fighting men of Jerusalem will be killed in battle.

Isaiah 3:26

The city will mourn and sit in the dust, emptied of its people.

Isaiah 4:1

When this happens, seven women will grab the same man, and each of them will say, “I'll buy my own food and clothes! Just marry me and take away my disgrace.”

Jeremiah 16:3

I'll tell you what's going to happen to children and their parents here.

Jeremiah 18:21

But now I am asking you to let their children starve or be killed in war. Let women lose their husbands and sons to disease and violence.

Jeremiah 22:7

I'll send troops to tear it apart, and its beautiful cedar beams will be used for firewood.

Jeremiah 4:16

The LORD said, “Tell the nations that my people have rebelled against me. And so an army will come from far away to surround Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 5:6

The people have rebelled and rejected the LORD too many times. So enemies will attack like lions from the forest or wolves from the desert. Those enemies will watch the towns of Judah, and like leopards they will tear to pieces whoever goes outside.

Jeremiah 6:26

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash heap.”

Lamentations 5:3

We are like children whose mothers are widows.

Ezekiel 22:25

Their leaders are like roaring lions, tearing apart their victims. They put people to death, then steal everything of value. Husbands are killed, and many women are left as widows.

Hosea 4:5

You and the prophets will stumble day and night; I'll silence your mothers.

Luke 21:35

like a trap. That day will surprise everyone on earth.