Jeremiah 18:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Your land will be ruined, and every passer-by will look at it with horror and make insulting remarks.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:8

This temple will become a pile of rocks! Everyone who walks by will be shocked, and they will ask, “Why did the LORD do such a terrible thing to his people and to this temple?”

2 Chronicles 29:8

The LORD became terribly angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem, and everyone was shocked and horrified at what he did to punish them. Not only were

Psalm 109:25

When my enemies see me, they say cruel things and shake their heads.

Psalm 22:7

Everyone who sees me makes fun and sneers. They shake their heads,

Psalm 44:14

Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked the LORD, “How long will this last?” The LORD answered: Until their towns are destroyed and their houses are deserted, until their fields are empty,

Jeremiah 19:8

I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passer-by will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks.

Jeremiah 25:9

and now I will let you be attacked by nations from the north, and especially by my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. You and other nearby nations will be destroyed and left in ruins for ever. Everyone who sees what has happened will be shocked, but they will still make fun of you.

Jeremiah 42:18

I, the LORD, was angry with the people of Jerusalem and punished them. And if you go to Egypt, I will be angry and punish you the same way. You will never again see your homeland. People will be horrified at what I do to you, and they will use the name of your city as a curse word.

Jeremiah 44:12

There were only a few of you left in Judah, and you decided to go to Egypt. But you will die such horrible deaths in war or from starvation, that people of other countries will use the name of Judah as a curse word.

Jeremiah 48:27

You made fun of my people and treated them like criminals caught in the act.

Jeremiah 49:13

I, the LORD, swear in my own name that your city of Bozrah and all your towns will suffer a horrible fate. They will lie in ruins for ever, and people will use the name “Bozrah” as a curse word.

Jeremiah 49:17

People passing by your country will be shocked and horrified to see a disaster

Jeremiah 50:13

My anger will destroy Babylon, and no one will live there. Everyone who passes by will be shocked to see what has happened.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live. People will laugh, but they will be afraid to walk among the ruins.

Jeremiah 51:43

Horrible destruction will strike the nearby towns. The land will become a barren desert, where no one can live or even travel.

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the LORD reply, “When I have finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Lamentations 1:12

No passer-by even cares. Why doesn't someone notice my terrible sufferings? You were fiercely angry, LORD, and you punished me worst of all.

Ezekiel 12:19

Tell the people of Israel that I, the LORD, say that some day everyone in Jerusalem will shake when they eat and tremble when they drink. Their country will be destroyed and left empty, because they have been cruel and violent.

Ezekiel 27:36

The merchants of the world can't believe what happened. Your death was gruesome, and you are gone for ever.”

Ezekiel 36:3

They ruined and crushed you from every side, and foreign nations captured and made fun of you.

Ezekiel 6:14

I will make their country a barren wasteland, from the Southern Desert to the town of Diblah in the north. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have done these things.

Leviticus 26:32

Your land will become so desolate that even your enemies who settle there will be shocked when they see it.

Leviticus 26:43

and let it rest during the time that you are in a foreign country, paying for your rebellion against me and my laws.

Micah 6:16

Jerusalem, this will happen because you followed the sinful example of kings Omri and Ahab. Now I will destroy you and your property. Then the people of every nation will make fun and insult you.

Matthew 27:39

People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and

Mark 15:29

People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days.

Deuteronomy 28:59

he will punish you and your descendants with incurable diseases,

Deuteronomy 29:23

has become a scorching desert of salt and sulphur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the LORD became angry and destroyed them.