Jeremiah 44:2

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The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says, “You people saw the terrible happenings that I brought on the city of Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Those towns are empty piles of stones today.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch the measuring line of Samaria [262] and the plumb bob [263] of Ahab’s family over Jerusalem. A man wipes a dish, and then he turns it upside down. I will do that to Jerusalem.

Exodus 19:4

‘You people have seen what I can do to my enemies. You saw what I did to the people of Egypt. You saw that I carried you out of Egypt like an eagle and brought you here to me.

Isaiah 24:12

Only destruction is left for the city. Even the gates are crushed.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked, “Master, how long should I do this?”

Jeremiah 25:11

That whole area will be an empty desert. All of those people will be slaves of the king of Babylon for 70 years.

Jeremiah 34:22

But I will give the order,’ this message is from the Lord, ‘to bring the Babylonian army back to Jerusalem. That army will fight against Jerusalem. They will capture it and set it on fire and burn it down. And I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah. Those cities will become empty deserts. No people will live there.’”

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has come out of his cave.\par A destroyer of nations has begun to march.\par He has left his home\par to destroy your land.\par Your towns will be destroyed.\par There will be no people left to live in them.\par

Jeremiah 44:22

Then the Lord could not be patient with you any longer. The Lord hated the terrible things you did. So the Lord made your country an empty desert. No person lives there now. Other people say bad things about that country.

Jeremiah 44:23

All of those bad things happened to you because you made sacrifices to other gods. You sinned against the Lord. You didn’t obey the Lord. You didn’t follow his teachings or the laws he gave you. You didn’t keep your part of the Agreement.” {\cf2\super [360]}

Jeremiah 8:3

“I will force the people of Judah to leave their homes and their land. The people will be taken away to foreign lands. Some of the people of Judah that were not killed in the war will wish that they had been killed.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:11

“I (the Lord) will make the city of Jerusalem\par a pile of garbage.\par It will be a home for jackals. {\cf2\super [75]} \par I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah,\par so no one will live there.”\par

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem once was a city full of people.\par But now the city is so deserted!\par Jerusalem was one of the greatest cities\par in the world.\par But now she {\cf2\super [1]} has become like a widow.\par She was once a princess among cities.\par But now she has been made a slave.\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 5:18

Mount Zion is a wasteland.\par Foxes run around on Mount Zion.\par

Daniel 9:12

“God said those things would happen to us and our leaders—and he made them happen. He made terrible things happen to us. No other city suffered the way Jerusalem suffered.

Leviticus 26:31

I will destroy your cities. I will make your holy places empty. I will stop smelling your offerings.

Leviticus 26:43

“The land will be empty. The land will enjoy its time of rest. Then the survivors [454] will accept the punishment for their sins. They will learn that they were punished because they hated my laws and refused to obey my rules.

Micah 3:12

\{Leaders,\} because of you,\par Zion {\cf2\super [45]} will be destroyed.\par It will become a plowed field.\par Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks.\par Temple Mount will be an empty hill {\cf2\super [46]} overgrown with bushes.\par

Zechariah 1:6

The prophets were my servants. I used them to tell your ancestors about my laws and teachings. And your ancestors finally learned their lesson. They said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did the things he said he would do. He punished us for the way we lived and for all the bad things we did.’ So they came back to God.”

Deuteronomy 29:2

Moses called together all the Israelite people. He said to them, “You saw all the things the Lord did in the land of Egypt. You saw the things he did to Pharaoh, to Pharaoh’s officers, and to his whole country.

Joshua 23:3

You have seen the things that the Lord did to our enemies. He did this to help us. The Lord your God fought for you.