Jeremiah 13:17

Easy To Read Version

If you people of Judah don’t listen to the Lord,\par I will hide and cry.\par Your pride will cause me to cry.\par I will cry very hard.\par My eyes will overflow with tears.\par Why? Because the Lord’s flock {\cf2\super [111]} \par will be captured.\par

Cross References

Psalm 119:136

I have cried a river of tears\par because people don’t obey your teachings.\par

Psalm 80:1

Shepherd of Israel, please listen to me.\par You lead Joseph’s sheep (people).\par You sit as king on the Cherub angels. {\cf2\super [459]} \par Let us see you.\par

Isaiah 63:11

But the Lord still remembers\par what happened a long time ago.\par He remembers Moses and his people.\par The Lord is the One who brought the people through the sea.\par The Lord used his shepherds (prophets)\par to lead his flock (people).\par But where is the Lord now—\par the One who put his Spirit in Moses?\par

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message\par to the people of Judah:\par ‘My eyes are filled with tears.\par I will cry night and day without stopping.\par I will cry for my virgin daughter. {\cf2\super [123]} \par I will cry for my people.\par Why? Because someone hit them\par and crushed them.\par They have been hurt very badly.\par

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat with the crowd\par as they laughed and had fun.\par I sat by myself because of your\par influence on me.\par You filled me with anger\par at the evil around me.\par

Jeremiah 17:16

Lord, I did not run away from you.\par I followed you.\par I became the shepherd {\cf2\super [140]} you wanted.\par I did not want the terrible day to come.\par Lord, you know the things I said.\par You see all that is happening.\par

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you don’t obey these commands, this is what the Lord says: I, the Lord, promise that this king’s palace {\cf2\super [174]} will be destroyed—it will become a pile of rocks.’”

Jeremiah 23:1

“It will be very bad for the shepherds (leaders) of the people of Judah. Those shepherds are destroying the sheep. They are making the sheep run from my pasture in all directions.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:2

Those shepherds (leaders) are responsible for my people. And the Lord, the God of Israel, says these things to those shepherds: “You shepherds (leaders) have made my sheep run away in all directions. You have forced them to go away. And you have not taken care of them. But I will take care of you—I will punish you for the bad things you did.” This message is from the Lord:

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about all these things.\par My eyes, my eyes run down with water.\par There is no comforter near me.\par There is no person that can make me feel better.\par My children are like a wasteland.\par They are like that because the enemy won.”\par

Lamentations 1:2

She cries bitterly in the night.\par Her tears are on her cheeks.\par She has no one to comfort her.\par Many nations were friendly to her.\par But none of them comforts her now.\par All of her friends turned their backs on her.\par Her friends became her enemies.\par

Lamentations 1:9

Jerusalem’s skirts became dirty.\par She didn’t think about the things\par that would happen to her.\par Her fall was amazing.\par She had no person to comfort her.\par She says,\par “Lord, see how I am hurt!\par See how my enemy thinks he is so great!”\par

Lamentations 2:18

Cry out {\cf2\super [20]} with your hearts to the Lord!\par Wall of the Daughter of Zion, {\cf2\super [21]} \par let tears roll down like a stream!\par let your tears roll down day and night.\par Don’t stop!\par Don’t let your eyes be still!\par

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes flow with streams of tears!\par I cry because of the destruction\par of my people!\par

Ezekiel 24:16

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [205]} you love your wife very much, but I am going to take her away from you. Your wife will die suddenly. But you must not show your sadness. You must not cry loudly. You will cry and your tears will fall,

Ezekiel 34:31

“You are my sheep, the sheep of my grassland. You are only human beings. And I am your God.” The Lord my Master said those things.

Ezekiel 36:38

During the special festivals, Jerusalem is filled with flocks of sheep and goats that have been made holy. In the same way, the cities and ruined places will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 9:4

Then the Lord (Glory) said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem. Put a mark on the forehead of every person that feels sad and upset about all the terrible things people are doing in this city.”

Malachi 2:2

If you don’t respect my name, then bad things will happen to you. You will say blessings, {\cf2\super [9]} but they will become curses. {\cf2\super [10]} I will make bad things happen because you don’t show respect for my name!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

1 Samuel 15:11

The Lord said, “Saul has stopped following me. So I am sorry that I made Saul king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 15:35

After that Samuel never saw Saul again all his life. Samuel was very sad for Saul. And the Lord was very sorry that he had made Saul king of Israel.