Jeremiah 50:24

New American Bible - revised edition

You ensnared yourself and were caught, Babylon, before you knew it! You were discovered and seized, because you challenged the Lord.

Cross References

Job 15:25

Because he has stretched out his hand against God and arrogantly challenged the Almighty,

Job 40:2

Will one who argues with the Almighty be corrected? Let him who would instruct God give answer!

Job 40:9

Have you an arm like that of God, or can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job 9:4

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood him and remained whole?

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go to serve me.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Human beings no more know their own time than fish taken in the fatal net or birds trapped in the snare; like these, mortals are caught when an evil time suddenly falls upon them. The Uncertain Future and the Sages.

Isaiah 13:11

Thus I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their guilt. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, the insolence of tyrants I will humble.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to anyone who contends with their Maker; a potsherd among potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you doing?” or, “What you are making has no handles”?

Jeremiah 48:43

Terror, pit, and trap be upon you, enthroned Moab—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:44

Those fleeing the terror fall into the pit; Those climbing out of the pit are caught in the trap; Ah, yes! I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 51:8

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

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so as to seat himself in the temple of God, claiming that he is a god—