Jeremiah 46:22

New International Reader's Version

The Egyptians will hiss like a snake that is trying to get away. A powerful army will advance against them. Their enemies will come against them with axes. They will be like those who cut down trees.

Cross References

Psalm 74:5

They acted like people cutting down a forest with axes.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an ax claim to be more important than the person who swings it? Does a saw brag that it is better than the one who uses it? That would be like a stick swinging the person who picks it up! It would be like a war club waving the one who carries it!

Isaiah 14:8

Even the juniper trees show how happy they are. The cedar trees of Lebanon celebrate too. They say, ‘Babylon, you have fallen. Now no one comes and cuts us down.’

Isaiah 29:4

You will be brought down to the grave. You will speak from deep down inside the ground. Your words will be barely heard out of the dust. Your voice will sound like the voice of a ghost coming from under the ground. Your words will sound like a whisper out of the dust.”

Isaiah 37:24

Through your messengers you have laughed at me again and again. And you have said, ‘I have many chariots. With them I have climbed to the tops of the mountains. I’ve climbed the highest mountains in Lebanon. I’ve cut down its tallest cedar trees. I’ve cut down the best of its juniper trees. I’ve reached its farthest mountains. I’ve reached its finest forests.

Jeremiah 46:21

Hired soldiers are in Egypt’s army. They are like fat calves. All of them will turn and run away. They will not hold their positions. The day of trouble is coming on them. The time for them to be punished is near.

Jeremiah 46:23

Egypt is like a thick forest. But they will chop it down,” announces the Lord. “There are more of their enemies than there are locusts. In fact, they can’t even be counted.

Micah 1:8

I will weep and mourn because Samaria will be destroyed. I’ll walk around barefoot and naked. I’ll bark like a wild dog. I’ll hoot like an owl.

Micah 7:16

When the nations see those wonders, they will be put to shame. All their power will be taken away from them. They will be so amazed that they won’t be able to speak or hear.

Zechariah 11:2

Juniper trees, cry out! The cedar trees have fallen down. The majestic trees are destroyed. Cry out, you oak trees of Bashan! The thick forest has been cut down.

Joshua 9:21

They continued, “Let them live. But make them cut wood and carry water to serve the whole community.” So the leaders kept their promise to them.