Jeremiah 12:12

Good News Translation

Across all the desert highlands people have come to plunder. I have sent war to destroy the entire land; no one can live in peace.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:6

His sword will be covered with their blood and fat, like the blood and fat of lambs and goats that are sacrificed. The Lord will offer this sacrifice in the city of Bozrah; he will make this a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 57:21

There is no safety for sinners,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:2

When they ask you where they should go, tell them that I have said: Some are doomed to die by disease— that's where they will go! Others are doomed to die in war— that's where they will go! Some are doomed to die of starvation— that's where they will go! Others are doomed to be taken away as prisoners— that's where they will go!

Jeremiah 16:5

“You must not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not grieve for anyone. I will no longer bless my people with peace or show them love and mercy.

Jeremiah 25:11

This whole land will be left in ruins and will be a shocking sight, and the neighboring nations will serve the king of Babylonia for seventy years.

Jeremiah 3:2

Look up at the hilltops. Is there any place where you have not acted like a prostitute? You waited for lovers along the roadside, as an Arab waits for victims in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution.

Jeremiah 3:21

A noise is heard on the hilltops: it is the people of Israel crying and pleading because they have lived sinful lives and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 30:5

“I heard a cry of terror, a cry of fear and not of peace.

Jeremiah 34:17

So now, I, the Lord, say that you have disobeyed me; you have not given all Israelites their freedom. Very well, then, I will give you freedom: the freedom to die by war, disease, and starvation. I will make every nation in the world horrified at what I do to you.

Jeremiah 4:27

The Lord has said that the whole earth will become a wasteland, but that he will not completely destroy it.)

Jeremiah 46:10

This is the day of the Sovereign Lord Almighty: today he will take revenge; today he will punish his enemies. His sword will eat them until it is full, and drink their blood until it is satisfied. Today the Almighty sacrifices his victims in the north, by the Euphrates.

Jeremiah 47:6

You cry out, ‘Sword of the Lord! How long will you go on slashing? Go back to your scabbard, stay there and rest!’

Jeremiah 48:2

the splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy have captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced; armies will march against it.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped for peace and a time of healing, but it was no use; terror came instead.

Lamentations 3:17

I have forgotten what health and peace and happiness are.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,

Ezekiel 21:28

“Mortal man, prophesy. Announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to the Ammonites, who are insulting Israel. Say to them: ‘A sword is ready to destroy; It is polished to kill, to flash like lightning.

Ezekiel 21:4

I will use my sword against everyone from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:8

The Lord said to me,

Ezekiel 21:9

“Mortal man, prophesy. Tell the people what I, the Lord, am saying: A sword, a sword is sharpened and polished.

Ezekiel 5:2

Burn up a third of it in the city when the siege is over. Take another third and chop it up with your sword as you move around outside the city. Scatter the remaining third to the winds, and I will pursue it with my sword.

Leviticus 26:33

I will bring war on you and scatter you in foreign lands. Your land will be deserted, and your cities left in ruins.

Amos 9:4

If they are taken away into captivity by their enemies, I will order them to be put to death. I am determined to destroy them, not to help them.”

Zephaniah 2:12

The Lord will also put the people of Ethiopia to death.

Deuteronomy 32:42

My arrows will drip with their blood, and my sword will kill all who oppose me. I will spare no one who fights against me; even the wounded and prisoners will die.’

Revelation 6:4

Another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given the power to bring war on the earth, so that people should kill each other. He was given a large sword.