Lamentations 2:4

New Century Version

Like an enemy, he prepared to shoot his bow, and his hand was against us. Like an enemy, he killed all the good-looking people; he poured out his anger like fire on the tents of Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:21

“Go and ask the Lord about the words in the book that was found. Ask for me and for the people who are left alive in Israel and Judah. The Lord is very angry with us, because our ancestors did not obey the Lord’s word; they did not do everything this book says to do.”

2 Chronicles 34:25

The people of Judah have left me and have burned incense to other gods. They have made me angry by all the evil things they have made. So I will punish them in my anger, which will not be put out.’

Job 19:11

His anger burns against me, and he treats me like an enemy.

Job 6:4

The arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are gathered against me.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to kill the poor and helpless, to kill those who are honest.

Psalm 7:13

He has prepared his deadly weapons; he has made his flaming arrows.

Isaiah 42:25

So he became very angry with us and brought terrible wars against us. It was as if the people of Israel had fire all around them, but they didn’t know what was happening. It was as if they were burning, but they didn’t pay any attention.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.

Isaiah 63:6

While I was angry, I walked on the nations. In my anger I punished them and poured their blood on the ground.”

Jeremiah 10:20

My tent is ruined, and all its ropes are broken. My children have gone away and left me. No one is left to put up my tent again or to set up a shelter for me.

Jeremiah 21:12

Family of David, this is what the Lord says: You must judge people fairly every morning. Save the person who has been robbed from the power of his attacker. If you don’t, I will become very angry. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out, because you have done evil things.

Jeremiah 21:5

In my anger, my very great anger, I myself will fight against you with my great power and strength.

Jeremiah 30:14

All those nations who were your friends have forgotten you. They don’t care about you. I have hurt you as an enemy would. I punished you very hard, because your guilt was so great and your sins were so many.

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps they will ask the Lord to help them. Perhaps each one will stop doing wicked things, because the Lord has announced that he is very angry with them.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Give yourselves to the service of the Lord, and decide to obey him, people of Judah and people of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I showed my anger against the people of Jerusalem. In the same way I will show my anger against you when you go to Egypt. Other nations will speak evil of you. People will be shocked by what will happen to you. You will become a curse word, and people will insult you. And you will never see Judah again.’

Jeremiah 7:20

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will pour out my anger on this place, on people and animals, on the trees in the field and the crops in the ground. My anger will be like a hot fire that no one can put out.

Lamentations 1:13

“He sent fire from above that went down into my bones. He stretched out a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me so sad and lonely that I am weak all day.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy; he swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed all her strongholds. He has caused more moaning and groaning for Judah.

Lamentations 3:3

He turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! The stones of the Temple are scattered at every street corner.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord turned loose all of his anger; he poured out his strong anger. He set fire to Jerusalem, burning it down to the foundations.

Ezekiel 13:13

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will break the wall with a stormy wind. In my anger rain will pour down, and hailstones will destroy the wall.

Ezekiel 20:34

I will bring you out from the foreign nations. With my great power and strength and anger I will gather you from the lands where you are scattered.

Ezekiel 22:22

As silver is melted in a furnace, you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my anger on you.’ ”

Ezekiel 24:25

“And as for you, human, this is how it will be. I will take away the Temple that gives them strength and joy, that makes them proud. They look at it with love, and it makes them happy. And I will take away their sons and daughters also.

Ezekiel 36:18

So I poured out my anger against them, because they murdered in the land and because they made the land unclean with their idols.

Ezekiel 5:13

Then my anger will come to an end. I will use it up against them, and then I will be satisfied. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken. After I have carried out my anger against them, they will know how strongly I felt.

Ezekiel 6:12

The person who is far away will die by disease. The one who is nearby will die in war. The person who is still alive and has escaped these will die from hunger. So I will carry out my anger on them.

Ezekiel 7:14

They have blown the trumpet, and everything is ready. But no one is going to the battle, because my anger is against all that crowd.

Leviticus 26:17

I will be against you, and your enemies will defeat you. These people who hate you will rule over you, and you will run away even when no one is chasing you.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God who punishes; the Lord punishes and is filled with anger. The Lord punishes those who are against him, and he stays angry with his enemies.

Nahum 1:6

No one can stay alive when he is angry; no one can survive his strong anger. His anger is poured out like fire; the rocks are smashed by him.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger has started a fire that burns down to the place of the dead. It will burn up the ground and its crops, and it will set fire to the base of the mountains.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “The Lord has left you and has become your enemy. So why do you call on me?