Jeremiah 51:40

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I will lead them away to die, like sheep, lambs, and goats being led to the butcher.

Cross References

Psalm 37:20

Wicked people are enemies of the LORD and will vanish like smoke from a field on fire.

Psalm 44:22

We face death all day for you. We are like sheep on their way to be slaughtered.

Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the LORD is covered with blood from lambs and goats, together with fat from kidneys of rams. This is because the LORD will slaughter many people and make a sacrifice of them in the city of Bozrah and everywhere else in Edom.

Jeremiah 48:15

But I am the LORD, the all-powerful King, and I promise that enemies will overpower your towns. Even your best warriors will die in the battle.

Jeremiah 50:27

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

Ezekiel 39:18

will feast on the bodies of warriors and foreign rulers that I will sacrifice like sheep, goats, and bulls.