Leviticus 26:33

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

Cross References

Zechariah 7:14

I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.’

Ezekiel 20:23

However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples,  and you will be reduced to a few survivors  among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.

Ezekiel 22:15

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries;  I will purge your uncleanness.

Luke 21:24

They will be killed by the sword   , and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles   , until the times of the Gentiles   are fulfilled.

Lamentations 4:15

‘Stay away! Unclean! ’ people shouted at them. ‘Away, away! Don’t touch us! ’ So they wandered aimlessly. It was said among the nations, ‘They can stay here no longer.’

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among the nations  that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.’

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into exile following  affliction and harsh slavery; she lives among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.

James 1:1

James,  a servant of God  and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the twelve tribes  dispersed abroad.  , Greetings.

2 Chronicles 7:19

However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,

Nehemiah 1:8

Please remember what you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples.

Isaiah 1:7

Your land is desolate, your cities burned down; foreigners devour your fields right in front of you – a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride,  for the land will become a desolate waste.

Jeremiah 13:24

I will scatter you  like drifting chaff before the desert wind.

Jeremiah 15:4

I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh  son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:10

Nations, hear the word of the  Lord, and tell it among the far off coasts and islands! Say, ‘The one who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,

Ezekiel 5:2

You are to burn a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended;  you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them.

Amos 9:4

And if they are driven by their enemies into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.

1 Kings 8:46

When they sin against you – for there is no one who does not sin   – and you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country   – whether distant or nearby –

2 Kings 25:9

He burned the Lord’s temple,  the king’s palace,  and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down  all the great houses.

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, ‘The remnant in the province,  who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.’

Esther 3:8

Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, ‘There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom,  keeping themselves separate. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws.  It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, ‘Until when, Lord? ’  And he replied: Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants, houses are without people, the land is ruined and desolate,

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from his thicket; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to make your land a waste. Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.

Jeremiah 8:3

Death will be chosen over life  by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.’  This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.

Lamentations 1:1

How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favour.

Ezekiel 12:20

The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become dreadful. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ’

Hosea 9:6

For even if they flee from devastation, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Thistles will take possession of their precious silver; thorns will invade their tents.