Jeremiah 4:27

New American Bible - revised edition

For thus says the Lord: The whole earth shall be waste, but I will not wholly destroy it.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

All this was to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah: Until the land has retrieved its lost sabbaths, during all the time it lies waste it shall have rest while seventy years are fulfilled. Decree of Cyrus.

Nehemiah 9:31

Yet in your great mercy you did not completely destroy them and did not forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Isaiah 17:6

Only gleanings shall be left in it, as when an olive tree has been beaten— Two or three olives at the very top, four or five on its most fruitful branches— oracle of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 24:1

See! The Lord is about to empty the earth and lay it waste; he will twist its surface, and scatter its inhabitants:

Jeremiah 18:16

Their land shall be made a waste, an object of endless hissing: All passersby will be horrified, shaking their heads.

Jeremiah 25:11

This whole land shall be a ruin and a waste. Seventy years these nations shall serve the king of Babylon;

Jeremiah 30:11

for I am with you—oracle of the Lord—to save you. I will bring to an end all the nations among whom I have scattered you; but you I will not bring to an end. I will chastise you as you deserve, I will not let you go unpunished.

Jeremiah 4:20

Ruin upon ruin is reported; the whole land is laid waste. In an instant my tents are ravaged; in a flash, my shelters.

Jeremiah 4:7

Up comes the lion from its lair, the destroyer of nations has set out, has left its place, To turn your land into a desolation, your cities into an uninhabited waste.

Jeremiah 44:6

Therefore the fury of my anger poured forth and kindled fire in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, to turn them into the ruined wasteland they are today.

Jeremiah 46:28

You, Jacob my servant, must not fear—oracle of the Lord— for I am with you; I will make an end of all the nations to which I have driven you, But of you I will not make an end: I will chastise you as you deserve, I cannot let you go unpunished.

Jeremiah 5:10

Climb her terraces, and ravage them, destroy them completely. Tear away her tendrils, they do not belong to the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:18

Yet even in those days—oracle of the Lord—I will not completely destroy you.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will silence the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will be turned to rubble.

Jeremiah 9:11

Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it! Why is the land ravaged, scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected his altar, spurned his sanctuary; He has handed over to the enemy the walls of its strongholds. They shout in the house of the Lord as on a feast day.

Ezekiel 11:13

While I was prophesying, Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, dropped dead. I fell down on my face and cried out in a loud voice: “Alas, Lord God! You are finishing off what remains of Israel!” Restoration for the Exiles.

Ezekiel 20:17

But I looked on them with pity, not wanting to destroy them, so I did not put an end to them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 33:28

I will make the land a desolate waste, so that its proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will cross them.

Ezekiel 6:14

I will stretch out my hand against them; I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Riblah, wherever they live. Thus they shall know that I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:31

I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries, refusing your sweet-smelling offerings.

Leviticus 26:44

Yet even so, even while they are in their enemies’ land, I will not reject or loathe them to the point of wiping them out, thus making void my covenant with them; for I, the Lord, am their God.

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.