Jeremiah 44:7

Good News Translation

“And so I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, now ask why you are doing such an evil thing to yourselves. Do you want to bring destruction on men and women, children and babies, so that none of your people will be left?

Cross References

Proverbs 1:18

but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die.

Proverbs 15:32

If you refuse to learn, you are hurting yourself. If you accept correction, you will become wiser.

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.

Proverbs 8:36

Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death.”

Jeremiah 25:6

They told you not to worship and serve other gods and not to make the Lord angry by worshiping the idols you had made. If you had obeyed the Lord, then he would not have punished you.

Jeremiah 25:7

But the Lord himself says that you refused to listen to him. Instead, you made him angry with your idols and have brought his punishment on yourselves.

Jeremiah 26:19

King Hezekiah and the people of Judah did not put Micah to death. Instead, Hezekiah honored the Lord and tried to win his favor. And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he said he would bring on them. Now we are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves.” (

Jeremiah 3:24

But the worship of Baal, the god of shame, has made us lose flocks and herds, sons and daughters—everything that our ancestors have worked for since ancient times.

Jeremiah 38:17

Then I told Zedekiah that the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, “If you surrender to the king of Babylonia's officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.

Jeremiah 42:20

that you are making a fatal mistake. You asked me to pray to the Lord our God for you, and you promised that you would do everything that he commands.

Jeremiah 44:14

None of the people of Judah who are left and have come to Egypt to live will escape or survive. Not one of them will return to Judah, where they long to live once again. No one will return except a few refugees.”

Jeremiah 44:8

Why do you make me angry by worshiping idols and by sacrificing to other gods here in Egypt, where you have come to live? Are you doing this just to destroy yourselves, so that every nation on earth will make fun of you and use your name as a curse?

Jeremiah 51:22

to kill men and women, to slay old and young, to kill boys and girls,

Jeremiah 7:19

But am I really the one they are hurting? No, they are hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves.

Jeremiah 9:21

Death has come in through our windows and entered our palaces; it has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the marketplaces.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with weeping; my soul is in anguish. I am exhausted with grief at the destruction of my people. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 2:22

You invited my enemies to hold a carnival of terror all around me, And no one could escape on that day of your anger. They murdered my children, whom I had raised and loved.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

Ezekiel 9:6

Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But don't touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple.” So they began with the leaders who were standing there at the Temple.

Habakkuk 2:10

But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself.

Numbers 16:38

They became holy when they were presented at the Lord's altar. So take the fire pans of these who were put to death for their sin, beat them into thin plates, and make a covering for the altar. It will be a warning to the people of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 32:25

War will bring death in the streets; terrors will strike in the homes. Young men and young women will die; neither babies nor old people will be spared.

Joshua 6:21

With their swords they killed everyone in the city, men and women, young and old. They also killed the cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Judges 21:11

Kill all the males, and also every woman who is not a virgin.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.”

1 Samuel 22:19

Saul also had all the other inhabitants of Nob, the city of priests, put to death: men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep—they were all killed.