Jeremiah 22:23

New Century Version

King, you live in your palace, cozy in your rooms of cedar. But when your punishment comes, how you will groan like a woman giving birth to a baby!

Cross References

Jeremiah 21:13

“ ‘Jerusalem, I am against you, you who live on top of the mountain over this valley, says the Lord. You say, “No one can attack us or come into our strong city.”

Jeremiah 22:6

This is what the Lord says about the palace where the king of Judah lives: “You are tall like the forests of Gilead, like the mountaintops of Lebanon. But I will truly make you into a desert, into towns where no one lives.

Jeremiah 3:21

You can hear crying on the bare hilltops. It is the people of Israel crying and praying for mercy. They have become very evil and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 48:28

People in Moab, leave your towns empty and go live among the rocks. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the entrance of a cave.

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you frightened other nations, but your pride has fooled you. You live in the hollow places of the cliff and control the high places of the hills. Even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the news about that army and are helpless from fear. We are gripped by our pain, like a woman having a baby.

Ezekiel 17:3

Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: A giant eagle with big wings and long feathers of many different colors came to Lebanon and took hold of the top of a cedar tree.

Hosea 5:15

Then I will go back to my place until they suffer for their guilt and turn back to me. In their trouble they will look for me.”

Hosea 7:14

They do not call to me from their hearts. They just lie on their beds and cry. They come together to ask for grain and new wine, but they really turn away from me.

Amos 9:2

If they dig down as deep as the place of the dead, I will pull them up from there. If they climb up into heaven, I will bring them down from there.

Obadiah 1:4

Even if you fly high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:9

“How terrible it will be for the nation that becomes rich by doing wrong, thinking they will live in a safe place and escape harm.

Numbers 24:21

Then Balaam saw the Kenites and gave this message: “Your home is safe, like a nest on a cliff.