Jeremiah 15:8

Good News Translation

There are more widows in your land than grains of sand by the sea. I killed your young men in their prime and made their mothers suffer. I suddenly struck them with anguish and terror.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:25

The men of the city, yes, even the strongest men, will be killed in war.

Isaiah 3:26

The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked.

Isaiah 4:1

When that time comes, seven women will grab hold of one man and say, “We can feed and clothe ourselves, but please let us say you are our husband, so that we won't have to endure the shame of being unmarried.”

Jeremiah 16:3

I will tell you what is going to happen to the children who are born here and to their parents.

Jeremiah 18:21

But now, Lord, let their children starve to death; let them be killed in war. Let the women lose their husbands and children; let the men die of disease and the young men be killed in battle.

Jeremiah 22:7

I am sending men to destroy it. They will all bring their axes, cut down its beautiful cedar pillars, and throw them into the fire.

Jeremiah 4:16

They have come to warn the nations and to tell Jerusalem that enemies are coming from a country far away. These enemies will shout against the cities of Judah

Jeremiah 5:6

That is why lions from the forest will kill them; wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.

Jeremiah 6:26

The Lord says to his people, “Put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter tears as you would for an only child, because the one who comes to destroy you will suddenly attack.

Lamentations 5:3

Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.

Ezekiel 22:25

The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.

Hosea 4:5

Night and day you blunder on, and the prophets do no better than you. I am going to destroy Israel, your mother.

Luke 21:35

like a trap. For it will come upon all people everywhere on earth.