Isaiah 47:11

New American Bible - revised edition

But upon you shall come an evil you will not be able to charm away; Upon you shall fall a disaster you cannot ward off. Upon you shall suddenly come a ruin you cannot imagine.

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:11

as they rebuilt the wall. The load carriers, too, were armed; each worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

Psalm 35:8

Let ruin overtake them unawares; let the snare they have set catch them; let them fall into the pit they have dug.

Psalm 50:22

“Now understand this, you who forget God, lest I start ripping apart and there be no rescuer.

Psalm 55:15

You, whose company I enjoyed, at whose side I walked in the house of God.

Psalm 73:19

How suddenly they are devastated; utterly undone by disaster!

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but the just shall be recompensed with good.

Isaiah 13:6

Howl, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Isaiah 29:5

The horde of your arrogant shall be like fine dust, a horde of tyrants like flying chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 30:13

This iniquity of yours shall be like a descending rift Bulging out in a high wall whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. Early the next morning, there they were, all those corpses, dead!

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create the darkness, I make weal and create woe; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 47:9

Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you Despite your many sorceries and the full power of your spells;

Isaiah 48:8

You never heard, you never knew, they never reached your ears beforehand. Yes, I know you are utterly treacherous, a rebel you were named from the womb.

Isaiah 57:1

The just have perished, but no one takes it to heart; The steadfast are swept away, while no one understands. Yet the just are taken away from the presence of evil,

Jeremiah 51:29

The earth quakes and writhes, the Lord’s plan against Babylon is carried out, Turning the land of Babylon into a wasteland without inhabitants.

Jeremiah 51:43

Her cities have become wasteland, a parched and arid land Where no one lives, no one passes through.

Jeremiah 51:8

Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she can be healed.

Lamentations 1:21

Hear how I am groaning; there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies hear of my misery and rejoice over what you have done. Bring on the day you proclaimed, and let them become like me!

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster after disaster, rumor upon rumor. They keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction from the priest is missing, and counsel from the elders.

Matthew 18:34

Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt.

Luke 12:59

I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.”

Luke 17:27

they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Revelation 3:3

Remember then how you accepted and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not watchful, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.