Jeremiah 38:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

then the women of your palace will be taken prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar's officials. And those women will say to you: Friends you trusted led you astray. Now you're trapped in mud, and those friends you trusted have all turned away.

Cross References

Job 6:15

But you are treacherous as streams that swell with melting snow,

Psalm 41:9

My most trusted friend has turned against me, though he ate at my table.

Psalm 69:14

Don't let me sink in the mud, but save me from my enemies and from the deep water.

Psalm 69:2

I am sinking deep in the mud, and my feet are slipping. I am about to be swept under by a mighty flood.

Isaiah 42:17

Everyone who worships idols as though they were gods will be terribly ashamed.

Jeremiah 13:21

You once trusted them to help, but now I'll let them rule you. What do you say about that? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 20:10

I heard the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid. Now's our chance to accuse Jeremiah!” All of my so called friends are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They say, “Perhaps Jeremiah can be tricked. Then we can overpower him and get even at last.”

Jeremiah 27:14

Your prophets have told you that you don't need to obey Nebuchadnezzar, but don't listen to their lies.

Jeremiah 27:15

Those prophets claim to be speaking for the LORD, but he didn't send them. They are lying! If you do what they say, he will have both you and them dragged off to another country and killed. The LORD has spoken.

Jeremiah 38:19

Zedekiah answered, “I can't surrender to the Babylonians. I'm too afraid of the Jews who have already joined them. The Babylonians might hand me over to those Jews, and they would torture me.”

Jeremiah 38:21

But the LORD has shown me that if you refuse to obey,

Jeremiah 41:10

Nebuzaradan, King Nebuchadnezzar's officer in charge of the guard, had left King Zedekiah's daughters and many other people at Mizpah, and he had put Gedaliah in charge of them. But now Ishmael took them all prisoner and led them towards Ammon, on the other side of the River Jordan.

Jeremiah 43:6

Baruch and I and others in the group had been staying with Gedaliah, because Nebuzaradan, the Babylonian officer in charge of the guard, had ordered him to take care of the king's daughters and quite a few men, women, and children.

Jeremiah 46:21

The foreign soldiers you hired will turn and run. But they are doomed, like well-fed calves being led to the butcher.

Jeremiah 46:5

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

Jeremiah 6:12

I'll punish the people of Judah and give to others their houses and fields, as well as their wives. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 8:10

I'll give their wives and fields to strangers. Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

Lamentations 1:13

From heaven you sent a fire that burnt in my bones; you set a trap for my feet and made me turn back. All day long you leave me in shock from constant pain.

Lamentations 1:2

Each night, bitter tears flood her cheeks. None of her former lovers are there to offer comfort; her friends have betrayed her and are now her enemies.

Lamentations 5:11

On Zion and everywhere in Judah our wives and daughters are being raped.

Micah 7:5

Don't trust anyone, not even your best friend, and be careful what you say to the one you love.