Jeremiah 4:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Farmland had become a desert, and towns were in ruins. The LORD's fierce anger had done all of this.

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Psalm 76:7

Our God, you are fearsome, and no one can oppose you when you are angry.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out for nothing!

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the ground be dry and the pasture lands parched? The birds and animals are dead and gone. And all this happened because the people are so sinful. They even boast, “God can't see the sins we commit.”

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 7:34

When I have finished with your land, there will be deathly silence in the empty ruins of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah—no happy voices, no sounds of parties or wedding celebrations.

Jeremiah 9:10

I weep for the pasture land in the hill country. It's so barren and scorched that no one travels there. No cattle can be found there, and birds and wild animals have all disappeared.

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord abandoned his altar and his temple; he let Zion's enemies capture her fortresses. Noisy shouts were heard from the temple, as if it were a time of celebration.

Leviticus 26:31

I'll wipe out your towns and your places of worship and will no longer be pleased with the smell of your sacrifices.

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be ploughed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.

Zephaniah 1:18

Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the LORD, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”