Jeremiah 10:20

New International Reader's Version

Jerusalem is like a tent that has been destroyed. All its ropes have snapped. My people have gone away from me. Now no one is left to set up my tent. I have no one to set up my shelter.

Cross References

Job 7:8

The eyes that see me now won’t see me anymore. You will look for me. But I’ll be gone.

Proverbs 12:7

Sinners are destroyed and taken away. But the houses of godly people stand firm.

Isaiah 51:16

I have put my words in your mouth. I have kept you safe in the palm of my hand. I set the heavens in place. I laid the foundations of the earth. I say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”

Isaiah 51:18

Among all the children who were born to you there was none to guide you. Among all the children you brought up there was none to lead you by the hand.

Isaiah 54:2

“Make a large area for your tent. Spread out its curtains. Go ahead and make your tent wider. Make its ropes longer. Drive the stakes down deeper.

Jeremiah 30:17

But I will make you healthy again. I will heal your wounds,” announces the Lord. “That’s because you have been thrown out. You are called Zion, the one no one cares about.”

Jeremiah 31:15

The Lord says, “A voice is heard in Ramah. It is the sound of weeping and deep sadness. Rachel is weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are gone.”

Jeremiah 4:20

One trouble follows another. The whole land is destroyed. In an instant my tents are gone. My home disappears in a moment.

Lamentations 1:5

Her enemies have become her masters. They have an easy life. The Lord has brought suffering to Jerusalem because her people have committed so many sins. Her children have been taken away as prisoners. Her enemies have forced her people to leave their homes.

Micah 2:9

You drive the women among my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my blessing from their children forever.