Lamentations 2:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He was angry, and he destroyed all the strength of Israel. He took away his right hand from Israel. He did this when the enemy came. He burned like a flaming fire in Jacob. He was like a fire that burns all around.

Cross References

Psalm 74:11

Why won’t you help us? Use your power to defeat our enemies!

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured out his anger on them and brought wars against them. It was as if there were fires all around them, but they didn’t know what was happening. It was as if they were burning, but they didn’t try to understand.

Psalm 75:10

God says, “I will take away any power the wicked have and give it to those who are good.”

Psalm 75:5

Don’t be so sure that you will win. Don’t boast that victory is yours!’”

Jeremiah 48:25

Moab’s strength has been cut off. Its arm has been broken.” This is what the Lord said.

Psalm 89:46

Lord, how long will this continue? Will you ignore us forever? Will your anger burn like a fire forever?

Psalm 79:5

Lord, will you be angry with us forever? Will your strong feelings continue to burn like a fire?

Luke 3:17

He will come ready to clean the grain. He will separate the good grain from the straw, and he will put the good part into his barn. Then he will burn the useless part with a fire that cannot be stopped.”

Luke 1:69

He has given us a powerful Savior from the family of his servant David.

Malachi 4:1

“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All the proud people will be punished. All the evil people will burn like straw. At that time they will be like a bush burning in the fire, and there will not be a branch or root left.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Jeremiah 21:14

“You will get the punishment you deserve. I will start a fire in your forests that will completely burn everything around you.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:20

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “I will show my anger against this place. I will punish people and animals. I will punish the trees in the field and the crops that grow in the ground. My anger will be like a hot fire—no one will be able to stop it.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Become the Lord’s people. Change your hearts. Men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, if you don’t change, then I will become very angry. My anger will spread fast like a fire, and it will burn you up. No one will be able to put out that fire because of the evil you have done.”

Isaiah 1:31

Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood, and what they did will be like the sparks that start a fire. These people and their works will both burn up, and no one will be able to put out that fire.

Psalm 132:17

This is where I will make David’s family strong. I will never let the lamp of my chosen king stop burning.

Psalm 89:24

I will always love and support him. I will always make him strong.

Job 16:15

“I am very sad, so I wear this sackcloth. I sit here in dust and ashes, feeling defeated.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will burn like a fire, burning down to the deepest grave, burning the earth and all it produces, burning deep down below the mountains.

2 Chronicles 34:25

I will do this because the people left me and burned incense to other gods. They made me angry because of all the bad things they have done. So I will pour out my anger on this place. Like a hot burning fire, my anger will not be put out!’

Lamentations 1:13

The Lord sent fire from above that went down into my bones. He stretched out a net for my feet. He turned me all the way around. He made me into a wasteland. I am sick all day.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord used all of his anger. He poured out all his anger. He made a fire in Zion that burned it down to the foundations.

Ezekiel 7:14

“They will blow the trumpet to warn the people. The people will get ready for battle, but they will not go out to fight because I will show the whole crowd how angry I am.

Ezekiel 13:13

The Lord GOD says, “I am angry and I will send a storm against you. I am angry and I will send a strong rain. I am angry and I will make hail fall from the sky and completely destroy you!

Nahum 1:6

No one can stand against his great anger. No one can endure his terrible anger. His anger will burn like fire. The rocks will shatter when he comes.