Jeremiah 46:10

New International Reader's Version

But that day belongs to me. I am the Lord who rules over all. It is a day for me to pay back my enemies. My sword will eat until it is satisfied. It will drink until it is not thirsty for blood anymore. I am the Lord. I am the Lord who rules over all. I will offer a sacrifice. I will offer it in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt didn’t march out from his own country again. That’s because the king of Babylon had taken so much of his territory. It reached from the Wadi of Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River.

Job 24:1

“Why doesn’t the Mighty One set a time for judging sinful people? Why do those who know him have to keep waiting for that day?

Isaiah 13:6

Cry out! The day of the Lord is near. The Mighty One is coming to destroy the Babylonians.

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord who rules over all has set apart a day when he will judge. He has set it apart for all those who are proud and think they are important. He has set it apart for all those who brag about themselves. All of them will be brought low.

Isaiah 31:8

The Lord says, “The Assyrians will be killed by swords. But the swords that kill them will not be used by human beings. The Assyrians will run away from those swords. But their young men will be caught and forced to work hard.

Isaiah 61:2

He has sent me to announce the year when he will set his people free. He wants me to announce the day when he will pay his enemies back. Our God has sent me to comfort all those who are sad.

Isaiah 63:4

I decided it was time to pay back Israel’s enemies. The year for me to set my people free had come.

Jeremiah 12:12

Many will come to destroy it. They will gather on the bare hilltops in the desert. I will use them as my sword to destroy my people. They will kill them from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Egyptians, here is what I want you to announce in your land. Announce it in the city of Migdol. Also announce it in Memphis and Tahpanhes. Say, ‘Take up your battle positions! Get ready! The sword eats up those around you.’

Jeremiah 46:2

Here is what the Lord says about Egypt. Here is his message against the army of Pharaoh Necho. He was king of Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, won the battle over Necho’s army. That happened at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. It was in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah. The message says,

Jeremiah 46:6

“Those who run fast can’t get away. Those who are strong can’t escape. In the north by the Euphrates River they trip and fall.

Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against them on every side! They are giving up. The towers of the city are falling. Its walls are being pulled down. The Lord is paying back its people. So pay them back yourselves. Do to them what they have done to others.

Jeremiah 50:18

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I punished the king of Assyria. In the same way, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land.

Jeremiah 51:6

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of the sins of its people. It is time for me to pay them back. I will punish them for what they have done.

Ezekiel 21:28

“Son of man, prophesy. Say, ‘The Lord and King speaks about the Ammonites. He also talks about the way they laugh because of Jerusalem’s fall. He says, “ ‘ “A sword! A sword! Nebuchadnezzar’s sword is ready to kill you. It is shined to destroy you. It flashes like lightning.

Joel 1:15

The day of the Lord is near. How sad it will be on that day! The Mighty One is coming to destroy you.

Joel 2:1

Priests, blow the trumpets in Zion. Give a warning on my holy mountain. Let everyone who lives in the land tremble with fear. The day of the Lord is coming. It is very near.

Zechariah 6:6

The chariot pulled by the black horses is going toward the north country. The one with the white horses is going toward the west. And the one with the spotted horses is going toward the south.”

Luke 21:22

This is the time when God will punish Jerusalem. Everything will come true, just as it has been written.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my arrows drip with blood. My sword will destroy people. It will kill some. It will even kill prisoners. It will cut off the heads of enemy leaders.”