Jeremiah 46:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Psalm 74:5

It looks like a forest chopped to pieces.

Isaiah 10:15

King of Assyria, can an axe or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?

Isaiah 14:8

King of Babylonia, even the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon celebrate and say, “Since you were put down, no one comes along to chop us down.”

Isaiah 29:4

From deep in the earth, you will call out for help with only a faint whisper.

Isaiah 37:24

You let your officials insult me, the Lord. And here is what you have said about yourself, “I led my chariots to the highest heights of Lebanon's mountains. I went deep into its forest, cutting down the best cedar and cypress trees.

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.

Micah 1:8

Because of this tragedy, I go barefoot and naked. My crying and weeping sound like howling wolves or ostriches.

Micah 7:16

Nations will see this and be ashamed because of their helpless armies. They will be in shock, unable to speak or hear,

Zechariah 11:2

Cry, you cypress trees! The glorious cedars have fallen and are rotting. Cry, you oak trees of Bashan! The dense forest has been chopped down.