Jeremiah 50:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

There is no one in Babylonia to plant or harvest crops. Even foreigners who lived there have left for their homelands, afraid of the enemy armies.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:14

Everyone will run to their homelands, just as hunted deer run, and sheep scatter when they have no shepherd.

Jeremiah 46:16

Your soldiers stumble over each other and say, “Get up! The enemy will kill us, unless we can escape to our own land.”

Jeremiah 51:23

shepherds and their flocks, farmers and their oxen, and governors and leaders.

Jeremiah 51:9

The foreigners answered, “We have already tried to treat Babylon's wounds, but they would not heal. Come on, let's all go home to our own countries. Nothing is left in Babylonia; everything is destroyed.”

Joel 1:11

Mourn for our farms and our vineyards! There's no wheat or barley growing in our fields.

Amos 5:16

This is what the LORD has sworn: Noisy crying will be heard in every town and street. Even farmers will be told to mourn for the dead, together with those who are paid to mourn.