Jeremiah 46:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:6

The Ammonites realized that they had made David very angry, so they hired more foreign soldiers. Twenty thousand of them were foot soldiers from the Aramean cities of Beth-Rehob and Zobah, one thousand were from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand were from the region of Tob.

Psalm 37:13

but the Lord laughs and knows their time is coming soon.

Proverbs 15:17

A simple meal with love is better than a feast where there is hatred.

Isaiah 10:3

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

Isaiah 34:7

Edom's leaders are wild oxen. They are powerful bulls, but they will die with the others. Their country will be soaked with their blood, and its soil made fertile with their fat.

Jeremiah 18:17

When your enemies attack, I will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day of disaster, I will turn my back on you.

Jeremiah 46:22

The enemy army will go forward like a swarm of locusts. Your troops will feel helpless, like a snake in a forest when men with axes start chopping down trees. It can only hiss and try to escape.

Jeremiah 46:5

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

Jeremiah 46:9

Go ahead, Egypt. Tell your chariots and cavalry to attack and fight hard. Order your troops to march out, with Ethiopians and Libyans carrying shields, and the Lydians armed with bows and arrows.

Jeremiah 48:44

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; and if you crawl out of the pit, you'll get caught in a trap. The time has come for you to be punished.

Jeremiah 50:11

People of Babylonia, you were glad to rob my people. You had a good time, making more noise than horses and jumping around like calves threshing grain.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill the soldiers of Babylonia, because the time has come for them to be punished.

Ezekiel 30:22

So tell him that I am now his worst enemy. I will break both his arms—the good one and the broken one! His sword will drop from his hand for ever,

Ezekiel 35:5

People of Edom, not only have you been Israel's longtime enemy, you simply watched when disaster wiped out its people as punishment for their sins.

Hosea 9:7

Israel, the time has come. You will get what you deserve, and you will know it. “Prophets are fools,” you say. “And God's messengers are mad.” Your terrible guilt has filled you with hatred.

Amos 6:4

You rich people lounge around on beds with ivory posts, while dining on the meat of your lambs and calves.

Obadiah 1:13

They are my people, and you were cruel to them. You went through their towns, sneering and stealing whatever was left.

Micah 7:4

The most honest of them is worse than a thorn patch. Your doom has come! Lookouts sound the warning, and everyone panics.

Matthew 22:4

He sent other servants to say to the guests, “The banquet is ready! My cattle and prize calves have all been prepared. Everything is ready. Come to the banquet!”

Deuteronomy 32:15

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator; you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.