Jeremiah 50:24

New English Translation

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

Cross References

Job 15:25

for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

Job 40:2

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

Job 40:9

Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has resisted him and remained safe?

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

Isaiah 45:9

One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”

Jeremiah 48:43

Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Jeremiah 48:44

Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Jeremiah 51:57

“I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up,” says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all.

Jeremiah 51:8

But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.