Jeremiah 22:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“King, you seem so safe in your palace of cedar. It’s as if you live in Lebanon! But when your punishment comes, you will groan. You will be in pain like a woman giving birth!”

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the news about that army, and we are paralyzed with fear. We feel trapped by our troubles, in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 22:6

This is what the Lord says about the palace where the king of Judah lives: “The palace is tall like the forests of Gilead, like the mountains of Lebanon. But I will make it like a desert, as empty as a city where no one lives.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Look at you people! You get rich by cheating people, and it hurts your own family! You build your houses high on the cliffs to protect yourself from danger.

Obadiah 1:4

This is what the Lord says: “Even though you fly high like the eagle and put your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there.

Amos 9:2

If they dig deep into the ground, I will pull them from there. If they go up into the skies, I will bring them down from there.

Hosea 7:14

They never call to me from their hearts. Yes, they cry on their beds. And they cut themselves when they ask for grain and new wine. But in their hearts, they have turned away from me.

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place, until the people admit they are guilty, until they come looking for me. Yes, in their trouble they will try very hard to find me.”

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you made other nations afraid, so you thought you were important. But your pride has fooled you. You live in caves, high on the cliff. Your home is high in the hills. But even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there.” This is what the Lord said.

Jeremiah 48:28

People in Moab, leave your towns. Go live among the rocks; be like a dove that makes its nest at the opening of a cave.”

Jeremiah 21:13

“Jerusalem, I am against you. You sit on top of the mountain. You sit like a queen over this valley. You people of Jerusalem say, ‘No one can attack us. No one can come into our strong city.’” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:21

You can hear crying on the bare hills. The people of Israel are crying and praying for mercy. They became very evil. They forgot the Lord their God.

Numbers 24:21

Then Balaam saw the Kenites and said this: “You believe that your country is safe, like a bird’s nest high on a mountain.

Ezekiel 17:3

Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: “‘A large eagle with big wings came to Lebanon. He had feathers covered with spots.