Jeremiah 47:2

New English Translation

“Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.

Cross References

Psalm 24:1

The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

Psalm 50:12

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

Psalm 96:11

Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!

Psalm 98:7

Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

Isaiah 14:31

Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Isaiah 15:8

Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.

Isaiah 22:1

Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?

Isaiah 28:17

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Isaiah 59:19

In the west, people respect the Lord’s reputation; in the east they recognize his splendor. For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the Lord.

Jeremiah 1:14

Then the Lord said, “This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.”

Jeremiah 46:13

The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.

Jeremiah 46:24

Poor dear Egypt will be put to shame. She will be handed over to the people from the north.”

Jeremiah 48:39

Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”

Jeremiah 6:22

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of the enemy’s horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!”

Daniel 11:22

Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.

Nahum 1:8

But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.

1 Corinthians 10:26

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if someone says to you, “This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience –

James 5:1

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

Revelation 17:1

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. “Come,” he said, “I will show you the condemnation and punishment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

Revelation 17:15

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.