Jeremiah 15:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Their widows were more numerous before me than the sands of the sea. I brought against the mother of youths the destroyer at midday; Suddenly I struck her with anguish and terror.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:25

Your men will fall by the sword, and your champions, in war;

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates will lament and mourn, as the city sits desolate on the ground.

Isaiah 4:1

Seven women will take hold of one man on that day, saying: “We will eat our own food and wear our own clothing; Only let your name be given us, put an end to our disgrace!”

Jeremiah 16:3

for thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, the mothers who give them birth, the fathers who beget them in this land:

Jeremiah 18:21

So now, give their children to famine, deliver them to the power of the sword. Let their wives be childless and widows; let their husbands die of pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 22:7

Against you I will send destroyers, each with their tools: They shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

Jeremiah 4:16

“Make this known to the nations, announce it against Jerusalem: Besiegers are coming from the distant land, shouting their war cry against the cities of Judah.”

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, lions from the forest slay them, wolves of the desert ravage them, Leopards keep watch round their cities: all who come out are torn to pieces, For their crimes are many, their rebellions numerous.

Jeremiah 6:26

Daughter of my people, dress in sackcloth, roll in the ashes. Mourn as for an only child with bitter wailing: “How suddenly the destroyer comes upon us!”

Lamentations 5:3

We have become orphans, without fathers; our mothers are like widows.

Ezekiel 22:25

A conspiracy of its princes is like a roaring lion tearing prey; they devour people, seizing their wealth and precious things, making many widows within her.

Hosea 4:5

You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will stumble with you at night; I will make an end of your mother.

Luke 21:35

like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth.