Jeremiah 49:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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?”

Jeremiah 18:16

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

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 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.

Ezekiel 25:13

So I will punish Edom by killing all its people and livestock. It will be an empty wasteland all the way from Teman to Dedan.

Ezekiel 27:36

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

Ezekiel 35:15

just as you celebrated when Israel was destroyed. Your nation of Edom will be nothing but a wasteland. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 35:3

and say to them: I, the LORD God, am now your enemy! And I will turn your nation into an empty wasteland,

Ezekiel 35:7

I will destroy your nation and kill anyone who travels through it.

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.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the glorious city that felt secure and said, “I am the only one!” Now it's merely ruins, a home for wild animals. Every passer-by simply sneers and makes vulgar signs.

Deuteronomy 29:22

The LORD will strike your country with diseases and disasters. Your descendants and foreigners from distant countries will see that your land