Jeremiah 12:9

New Century Version

My people have become to me like a speckled bird attacked on all sides by hawks. Go, gather the wild animals. Bring them to get something to eat.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:2

The Lord sent raiding parties from Babylon, Aram, Moab, and Ammon against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah. This happened as the Lord had said it would through his servants the prophets.

Isaiah 2:11

Proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will still be praised.

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned when he will punish the proud and those who brag, and they will no longer be important.

Isaiah 56:9

All you animals of the field, all you animals of the forest, come to eat.

Jeremiah 15:3

“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord. “I will send war to kill, dogs to drag the bodies away, and the birds of the air and wild animals to eat and destroy the bodies.

Jeremiah 2:15

Enemies have roared like lions at Israel; they have growled at Israel. They have destroyed the land of Israel. The cities of Israel lie in ruins, and all the people have left.

Jeremiah 34:20

So I will hand them over to their enemies and to everyone who wants to kill them. Their bodies will become food for the birds of the air and for the wild animals of the earth.

Jeremiah 7:33

Then the bodies of the dead will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals. There will be no one left alive to chase them away.

Lamentations 1:17

Jerusalem reaches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord commanded the people of Jacob to be surrounded by their enemies. Jerusalem is now unclean like those around her.

Ezekiel 34:5

The sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for every wild animal.

Revelation 17:16

The ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute. They will take everything she has and leave her naked. They will eat her body and burn her with fire.