Jeremiah 51:22

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash men, old and young. I used you to smash young men and young women.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:17

So God brought the king of Babylon to attack the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The king of Babylon killed the young men even when they were in the Temple. He didn’t have mercy on the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The king of Babylon killed young and old people. He killed men and women. He killed sick and healthy people. God permitted Nebuchadnezzar to punish the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 13:18

They will walk on the bows of the young soldiers of Babylon. The enemy soldiers will not show any kindness or mercy even to the babies and young children.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go fight against the Amalekites. You must completely destroy the Amalekites and everything that belongs to them. Don’t let anything live; you must kill all the men and women and all of their children and little babies. You must kill all of their cattle and sheep and all of their camels and donkeys.’”

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with tears, and my insides are upset. My heart feels like it has been poured on the ground; I feel this way because of the destruction of my people. Children and babies are fainting in the public squares of the city.

Jeremiah 6:11

But I am full of the Lord’s anger, and I am tired of holding it in! “Pour out my anger on the children playing in the streets and on the young soldiers gathered there as well. A man and his wife will both be captured as well as all the old people.

Isaiah 13:16

Everything in their houses will be stolen. Their wives will be raped, and their little children will be beaten to death while they watch.

Deuteronomy 32:25

In the streets, soldiers will kill them. In their houses, terrible things will happen. Soldiers will kill young men and women. They will kill babies and old people.

Isaiah 20:4

The king of Assyria will defeat Egypt and Ethiopia. Assyria will take prisoners and lead them away from their countries. The people, young and old, will be led away without clothes or sandals. They will be completely naked.

Isaiah 13:15

Anyone caught by the enemy will be killed with a sword.

Jeremiah 44:7

“So this is what the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why are you hurting yourselves by continuing to worship idols? You are separating the men and women, the children and babies from the family of Judah. And so you leave yourselves without anyone left from the family of Judah.

Jeremiah 50:37

Sword, kill the horses and chariots of Babylon. Sword, kill all the soldiers hired from other countries. They will be like frightened women. Sword, destroy the treasures of Babylon. Those treasures will be taken away.

Jeremiah 51:23

I used you to smash shepherds and flocks. I used you to smash farmers and oxen. I used you to smash governors and important officials.

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and old men lie on the ground in the streets of the city. My young women and young men have been killed by the sword. You killed them on the day of your anger. You killed them without mercy!