Jeremiah 46:22

New American Bible - revised edition

Her voice is like a snake! Yes, they come in force; They attack her with axes, like those who fell trees.

Cross References

Psalm 74:5

They hacked away like a forester gathering boughs, swinging his ax in a thicket of trees.

Isaiah 10:15

Will the ax boast against the one who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above the one who wields it? As if a rod could sway the one who lifts it, or a staff could lift the one who is not wood!

Isaiah 14:8

The very cypresses rejoice over you, the cedars of Lebanon: “Now that you are laid to rest, no one comes to cut us down.”

Isaiah 29:4

You shall speak from beneath the earth, and from the dust below, your words shall come. Your voice shall be that of a ghost from the earth, and your words shall whisper from the dust.

Isaiah 37:24

Through the mouths of your messengers you have insulted the Lord when you said: ‘With my many chariots I went up to the tops of the peaks, to the recesses of Lebanon, To cut down its lofty cedars, its choice cypresses; I reached the farthest shelter, the forest ranges.

Jeremiah 46:21

Even the mercenaries in her ranks are like fattened calves; They too turn and flee together— they do not stand their ground, For their day of ruin comes upon them, their time of punishment.

Jeremiah 46:23

They cut down her forest—oracle of the Lord— impenetrable though it be; More numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted.

Micah 1:8

For this I will lament and wail, go barefoot and naked; I will utter lamentation like the jackals, mourning like the ostriches,

Micah 7:16

The nations will see and will be put to shame, in spite of all their strength; They will put their hands over their mouths; their ears will become deaf.

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, cypress trees, for the cedars are fallen, the mighty are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest is cut down!

Joshua 9:21

Thus the leaders said to them, “Let them live, and become hewers of wood and drawers of water for the entire community.” So the community did as the leaders advised them.