Jeremiah 48:44

Good News Translation

Whoever tries to escape the terror will fall into the pits, and whoever climbs out of the pits will be caught in the traps, because the Lord has set the time for Moab's destruction.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:17

Anyone who escapes being put to death by Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and anyone who escapes Jehu will be killed by Elisha.

1 Kings 20:30

The survivors fled into the city of Aphek, where the city walls fell on twenty-seven thousand of them. Benhadad also escaped into the city and took refuge in the back room of a house.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?

Isaiah 24:17

Listen to me, everyone! There are terrors, pits, and traps waiting for you.

Isaiah 24:18

Anyone who tries to escape from the terror will fall in a pit, and anyone who escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. Torrents of rain will pour from the sky, and earth's foundations will shake.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the Lord comes to deal with them.

Jeremiah 11:23

I have set a time for bringing disaster on the people of Anathoth, and when that time comes, none of them will survive.”

Jeremiah 16:16

The Lord says, “I am sending for many fishermen to come and catch these people. Then I will send for many hunters to hunt them down on every mountain and hill and in the caves among the rocks.

Jeremiah 23:12

The paths they follow will be slippery and dark; I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them; the time of their punishment is coming. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Jeremiah 46:21

Even her hired soldiers are helpless as calves. They did not stand and fight; all of them turned and ran. The day of their doom had arrived, the time of their destruction.

Jeremiah 49:8

People of Dedan, turn and run! Hide! I am going to destroy Esau's descendants because the time has come for me to punish them.

Jeremiah 50:24

Babylonia, you fought against me, and you have been caught in the trap I set for you, even though you did not know it.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all their soldiers! Slaughter them! The people of Babylonia are doomed! The time has come for them to be punished!” (

Jeremiah 51:18

They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the Lord comes to deal with them.

Jeremiah 8:12

My people, were you ashamed because you did these disgusting things? No, you were not ashamed at all; you don't even know how to blush! And so you will fall as others have fallen; when I punish you, that will be the end of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Lamentations 3:47

We have been through disaster and ruin; we live in danger and fear.

Hosea 9:7

The time for punishment has come, the time when people will get what they deserve. When that happens, Israel will know it! “This prophet,” you say, “is a fool. This inspired man is insane.” You people hate me so much because your sin is so great.

Amos 5:19

It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall—only to be bitten by a snake!

Micah 7:4

Even the best and most honest of them are as worthless as weeds. The day has come when God will punish the people, as he warned them through their watchmen, the prophets. Now they are in confusion.