Jeremiah 25:34

God's Word

Mourn, you shepherds, and cry. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. The time has come for you to be slaughtered. The time has come for you to be scattered, and you will break like fine pottery.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin’s uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 2:9

You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”

Isaiah 10:12

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.

Isaiah 2:16

against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats.

Isaiah 30:14

It will break like pottery. It will be smashed, and nothing will be left of it. No piece will be big enough to carry live coals from a fireplace or to dip water from a reservoir.

Isaiah 33:1

How horrible it will be for you, you destroyer, although you haven’t been destroyed. How horrible it will be for you, you traitor, although you haven’t been betrayed. When you’ve finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you’ve finished being a traitor, you will be betrayed.

Isaiah 34:6

The Lord’s sword is covered with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams’ kidneys. The Lord will receive a sacrifice in Bozrah, a huge slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 34:7

Wild oxen will be killed with them, young bulls along with rams. Their land will be drenched with blood. Their dust will be covered with fat.

Jeremiah 18:22

Make them cry out from their homes when you suddenly send troops against them, because they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 22:28

This Jehoiakin is like a rejected and broken pot that no one wants. Is that why he and his descendants will be thrown out and cast into another land they’ve never heard of?

Jeremiah 23:1

“How horrible it will be for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep in my care,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:12

“When the 70 years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation for their crimes, declares the Lord. I will turn Babylon into a permanent wasteland.

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who shave the hair on their foreheads;

Jeremiah 25:36

The shepherds are crying and the leaders of the flock are mourning because the Lord is stripping their pasture.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought that you would call me Father and wouldn’t turn away from me.

Jeremiah 48:26

“Get the people of Moab drunk; they have spoken against the Lord. They will wallow in their own vomit, and people will laugh at them.

Jeremiah 48:38

People in Moab will mourn on every rooftop and in every street. There will be mourning everywhere, because I will break Moab like a jar that no one wants,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all their young bulls. Let them go to be slaughtered. How horrible it will be for them when their time has come, the time for them to be punished.

Jeremiah 6:26

Wear sackcloth, and roll around in ashes, my people. Mourn as if you have lost your only child, and cry bitterly. The destroyer will suddenly attack us.

Lamentations 4:21

“Rejoice and be glad, people of Edom, inhabitants of the country of Uz. The cup ⌞of the Lord’s fury⌟ will be passed to you next. You’ll get drunk and take off all your clothes.

Ezekiel 34:20

“ ‘So this is what the Almighty Lord says to them: I will judge disputes between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep.

Daniel 11:8

He will take the metal statues of their gods and their precious utensils of silver and gold back to Egypt. He will rule for more years than the northern king.

Hosea 8:8

Israel will be swallowed up. It has already mixed in with the other nations. It has become worthless.

Amos 5:11

You trample on the poor and take their wheat from them for taxes. That is why you build houses from hand-cut stones, but you will not live in them. You plant beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

Zechariah 10:3

“My burning anger is directed against the shepherds. I will punish the male goats. The Lord of Armies takes care of his flock, the people of Judah. He makes them like his splendid war horse.”

Zechariah 11:3

Listen! The shepherds are crying, because their rich pastures are destroyed. Listen! The young lions are roaring, because the lush banks of the Jordan are destroyed.

James 5:5

You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.