Jeremiah 10:20

New English Translation

But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. Our children are gone and are not coming back. There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place.

Cross References

Job 7:8

The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

Isaiah 51:16

I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

Isaiah 51:18

There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.

Isaiah 54:2

Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.

Jeremiah 30:17

Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.”

Jeremiah 31:15

The Lord says, “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”

Jeremiah 4:20

I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.

Lamentations 1:5

Her foes subjugated her; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. Her children went away captive before the enemy. ו (Vav)

Micah 2:9

You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.