Jeremiah 21:12

New American Bible - revised edition

house of David! Thus says the Lord: Each morning dispense justice, rescue the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, Or my fury will break out like fire and burn with no one to quench it because of your evil deeds.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

David was king over all Israel; he dispensed justice and right to all his people.

Job 29:17

And I broke the jaws of the wicked man; from his teeth I forced the prey.

Psalm 101:8

Morning after morning I clear all the wicked from the land, to rid the city of the Lord of all doers of evil.

Exodus 18:13

The next day Moses sat in judgment for the people, while they stood around him from morning until evening.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.

Isaiah 1:31

The strong tree shall turn to tinder, and the one who tends it shall become a spark; Both of them shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

Isaiah 7:13

Then he said: Listen, house of David! Is it not enough that you weary human beings? Must you also weary my God?

Isaiah 7:2

When word came to the house of David that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of the king and heart of the people trembled, as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.

Jeremiah 17:4

You will relinquish your hold on your heritage which I have given you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know: For a fire has broken out from my anger, burning forever.

Jeremiah 21:5

and I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, wrath, and great rage!

Jeremiah 23:19

See, the storm of the Lord! His wrath breaks forth In a whirling storm that bursts upon the heads of the wicked.

Jeremiah 23:2

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. You have not cared for them, but I will take care to punish your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 23:5

See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord— when I will raise up a righteous branch for David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps they will present their supplication before the Lord and will all turn back from their evil way; for great is the anger and wrath with which the Lord has threatened this people.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Be circumcised for the Lord, remove the foreskins of your hearts, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Or else my anger will break out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 44:22

The Lord could no longer bear the evil of your deeds, the abominations you were doing; then your land became a waste, a horror, a curse, without even one inhabitant, as it is today.

Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, because you have said this— See! I make my words a fire in your mouth, And this people the wood that it shall devour!—

Jeremiah 5:28

fat and sleek. They pass over wicked deeds; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the orphan or judging the cause of the poor.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: my anger and my wrath will pour out upon this place, upon human being and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruits of the earth; it will burn and not be quenched.

Jeremiah 7:5

Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds; if each of you deals justly with your neighbor;

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord has exhausted his anger, poured out his blazing wrath; He has kindled a fire in Zion that has consumed her foundations.

Ezekiel 22:31

Therefore I have poured out my fury upon them; with my fiery wrath I have consumed them, bringing down their ways upon their heads—oracle of the Lord God.

Leviticus 26:28

I will continue in my hostile rage toward you, and I myself will discipline you for your sins sevenfold,

Nahum 1:6

Before his wrath, who can stand firm, and who can face his blazing anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and boulders break apart before him.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of the Lord’s wrath, in the fire of his passion, all the earth will be consumed. For he will make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth.

Zephaniah 3:5

But the Lord in its midst is just, doing no wrong; Morning after morning rendering judgment unfailingly, at dawn; the wicked, however, know no shame.

Luke 1:69

He has raised up a horn for our salvation within the house of David his servant,

Romans 13:4

for it is a servant of God for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword without purpose; it is the servant of God to inflict wrath on the evildoer.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For by my wrath a fire is kindled that has raged to the depths of Sheol, It has consumed the earth with its yield, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.