Jeremiah 12:9

Good News Translation

My chosen people are like a bird attacked from all sides by hawks. Call the wild animals to come and join in the feast!

Cross References

2 Kings 24:2

The Lord sent armed bands of Babylonians, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah, as the Lord had said through his servants the prophets that he would do.

Isaiah 2:11

A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the Lord alone will be exalted.

Isaiah 2:12

On that day the Lord Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

Isaiah 56:9

The Lord has told the foreign nations to come like wild animals and devour his people.

Jeremiah 15:3

I, the Lord, have decided that four terrible things will happen to them: they will be killed in war; their bodies will be dragged off by dogs; birds will eat them, and wild animals will devour what is left over.

Jeremiah 2:15

They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.

Jeremiah 34:20

I will hand them over to their enemies, who want to kill them, and their corpses will be eaten by birds and wild animals.

Jeremiah 7:33

The corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them off.

Lamentations 1:17

“I stretch out my hands, but no one will help me. The Lord has called enemies against me from every side; They treat me like some filthy thing.

Ezekiel 34:5

Because the sheep had no shepherd, they were scattered, and wild animals killed and ate them.

Revelation 17:16

The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.