Jeremiah 16:16

New Century Version

“I will soon send for many fishermen to come to this land,” says the Lord. “And they will catch the people of Judah. After that, I will send for many hunters to come to this land. And they will hunt the people of Judah on every mountain and hill and in the cracks of the rocks.

Cross References

Genesis 10:9

He was a great hunter before the Lord, which is why people say someone is “like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord.”

Isaiah 2:21

Then the people will hide in caves and cracks in the rocks from the anger of the Lord and his great power, when he stands to shake the earth.

Isaiah 7:19

These enemies will camp in the deep ravines and in the cliffs, by the thornbushes and watering holes.

Jeremiah 25:9

I will send for all the peoples of the north,” says the Lord, “along with my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will bring them all against Judah, those who live there, and all the nations around you, too. I will completely destroy all those countries and leave them in ruins forever. People will be shocked when they see how badly I have destroyed those countries.

Jeremiah 4:29

At the sound of the horsemen and the archers, all the people in the towns run away. They hide in the thick bushes and climb up into the rocks. All of the cities of Judah are empty; no one lives in them.

Jeremiah 49:5

I will soon bring terror on you from everyone around you,” says the Lord God All-Powerful. “You will all be forced to run away, and no one will be able to gather you.

Jeremiah 6:9

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Gather the few people of Israel who are left alive, as you would gather the last grapes on a grapevine. Check each vine again, like someone who gathers grapes.”

Lamentations 4:18

Our enemies hunted us, so we could not even walk in the streets. Our end is near. Our time is up. Our end has come.

Lamentations 4:19

Those who chased us were faster than eagles in the sky. They ran us into the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.

Hosea 10:10

When I am ready, I will come to punish them. Nations will come together against them, and they will be punished for their double sins.

Amos 4:2

The Lord God has promised this: “Just as surely as I am a holy God, the time will come when you will be taken away by hooks, and what is left of you with fishhooks.

Amos 5:19

It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear, or like someone who goes into his house and puts his hand on the wall, and then is bitten by a snake.

Micah 7:2

All of the faithful people are gone; there is not one good person left in this country. Everyone is waiting to kill someone; everyone is trying to trap someone else.

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I, the Lord, will search Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish those who are satisfied with themselves, who think, ‘The Lord won’t help us or punish us.’

1 Samuel 24:11

My father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe, but I didn’t kill you. Now understand and know I am not planning any evil against you. I did nothing wrong to you, but you are hunting me to kill me.

1 Samuel 26:20

Now don’t let me die far away from the Lord’s presence. The king of Israel has come out looking for a flea! You’re just hunting a bird in the mountains!”