Jeremiah 38:22

Easy To Read Version

All the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out. They will be brought to the important officials of the king of Babylon. Your women will make fun of you with a song. This is what the women will say:

Cross References

Job 6:15

But you, my brothers, have not been loyal.\par I can’t depend on you.\par You are like streams that flow sometimes\par and don’t flow at other times.\par You are like streams that overflow\par

Psalm 41:9

My best friend ate with me.\par I trusted him.\par But now, even he has turned against me.\par

Psalm 69:14

Pull me from the mud.\par Don’t let me sink down into the mud.\par Save me from the people who hate me.\par Save me from this deep water.\par

Psalm 69:2

There is nothing to stand on.\par I am sinking down, down into the mud.\par I am in deep water.\par And the waves are crashing around me.\par I am about to drown.\par

Isaiah 42:17

But some of the people\par stopped following me.\par Those people have statues\par that are covered with gold.\par They tell those statues,\par ‘You are my gods.’\par Those people trust their false gods.\par But those people will be disappointed!\par

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when the Lord asks you\par to account for that flock?\par You were supposed to teach the people\par \{about God\}.\par Your leaders were supposed to lead the people.\par \{But they did not do their job!\}\par So you will have much pain and troubles.\par You will be like a woman having\par a baby.\par

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear people whispering against me.\par Everywhere, I hear things that scare me.\par Even my friends are saying things\par against me.\par People are just waiting for me\par to make some mistake.\par They are saying,\par “Let us lie and say he did some bad thing.\par Maybe we can trick Jeremiah.\par Then we will have him.\par We will finally be rid of him.\par Then we will grab him\par and take our revenge on him.”\par

Jeremiah 27:14

But the false prophets are saying: You will never be slaves to the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 27:15

I didn’t send those prophets.’” This message is from the Lord. “They are preaching lies and saying that the message is from me. So, I will send you people of Judah away. You will die. And those prophets that preach to you will die also.”

Jeremiah 38:19

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “But I am afraid of the men of Judah that have already gone over to the side of the Babylonian army. I am afraid that the soldiers will give me to those men of Judah and they will treat me badly and hurt me.”

Jeremiah 38:21

But if you refuse to surrender to the army of Babylon, the Lord has shown me what will happen. This is what the Lord has told me:

Jeremiah 41:10

Ishmael captured all the other people in the town of Mizpah and started to cross over to the country of the Ammonite people. (Those people included the king’s daughters, and all the other people that were left there. Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king of Babylon’s special guards, had chosen Gedaliah to watch over those people.)

Jeremiah 43:6

Now, Johanan and all the army officers took all the men, women, and children and led them to Egypt. Among those people were the king’s daughters. (Nebuzaradan had put Gedaliah in charge of those people. Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king of Babylon’s special guards.) Johanan also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

Jeremiah 46:21

The hired soldiers in Egypt’s army\par are like fat calves.\par They will all turn and run away.\par They will not stand strong\par against the attack.\par Their time of destruction is coming.\par They will soon be punished.\par

Jeremiah 46:5

What do I see?\par That army is scared.\par The soldiers are running away.\par Their brave soldiers are defeated.\par They run away in a hurry.\par They don’t look back.\par There is danger all around.”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be given to other people.\par Their fields and their wives\par will be given to other people.\par I will raise my hand and punish\par the people of Judah.”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to other men.\par I will give their fields to new owners.\par All the people of Israel want\par more and more money.\par All the people,\par from the least important\par to most important people,\par are like that.\par All the people,\par from prophets to priests,\par tell lies.\par

Lamentations 1:13

The Lord sent fire from above.\par That fire went down into my bones.\par He stretched out a net for my feet.\par He turned me all the way around.\par He made me into a wasteland.\par I am sick all day.\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 5:11

The enemy raped the women of Zion. {\cf2\super [35]} \par They raped the women\par in the cities of Judah.\par

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust your neighbor!\par Don’t trust a friend!\par Don’t even speak freely with your wife!\par