Jeremiah 48:12

New Century Version

A time is coming,” says the Lord, “When I will send people to pour you from your jars. They will empty Moab’s jars and smash her jugs.

Cross References

Psalm 2:9

You will rule over them with an iron rod. You will break them into pieces like pottery.”

Isaiah 16:2

The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon like little birds that have fallen from their nest.

Isaiah 30:14

You will be like a clay jar that breaks, smashed into many pieces. Those pieces will be too small to take coals from the fire or to get water from a well.”

Jeremiah 14:3

The important men send their servants to get water. They go to the wells, but they find no water. So they return with empty jars. They are ashamed and embarrassed and cover their heads in shame.

Jeremiah 19:10

“While the people with you are watching, break that jar.

Jeremiah 25:34

Cry, you leaders! Cry out loud! Roll around in the dust, leaders of the people! It is now time for you to be killed. You will fall and be scattered, like pieces of a broken jar.

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 48:11

“The people of Moab have never known trouble. They are like wine left to settle; they have never been poured from one jar to another. They have not been taken into captivity. So they taste as they did before, and their smell has not changed.

Jeremiah 48:13

The people of Israel trusted that god in the town of Bethel, and they were ashamed when there was no help. In the same way Moab will be ashamed of their god Chemosh.

Jeremiah 48:15

The destroyer of Moab and her towns has arrived. Her best young men will be killed!” says the King, whose name is the Lord All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 48:38

People are crying on every roof in Moab and in every public square. There is nothing but sadness, because I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:8

The destroyer will come against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the Lord has said.

Nahum 2:2

Destroyers have destroyed God’s people and ruined their vines, but the Lord will bring back Jacob’s greatness like Israel’s greatness.