Jeremiah 46:6

New International Reader's Version

“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.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:29

Pharaoh Necho was king of Egypt. He marched up to the Euphrates River. He went there to help the king of Assyria. It happened while Josiah was king. Josiah marched out to meet Necho in battle. When Necho saw him at Megiddo, he killed him.

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.

Psalm 27:2

My enemies are evil. They will trip and fall when they attack me and try to swallow me up.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Here’s something else I’ve seen on this earth. Races aren’t always won by those who run fast. Battles aren’t always won by those who are strong. Wise people don’t always have plenty of food. Clever people aren’t always wealthy. Those who have learned a lot aren’t always successful. God controls the timing of every event. He also controls how things turn out.

Isaiah 8:15

Many of them will trip. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and captured.”

Jeremiah 1:14

The Lord said to me, “Something very bad will be poured out on everyone who lives in this land. It will come from the north.

Jeremiah 20:11

But you are with me like a mighty warrior. So those who are trying to harm me will trip and fall. They won’t win out over me. They will fail. They’ll be totally put to shame. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 25:9

So I will send for all the nations in the north. And I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will bring all of them against this land and against you who live here. They will march out against all the nations that are around this land. I will set apart Judah and the nations around it in a special way to be destroyed. People will be shocked because of them. And they will make fun of them. Those nations will be destroyed forever.

Jeremiah 4:6

Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”

Jeremiah 46:10

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.

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear about your shame. Your cries of pain will fill the earth. One soldier will trip over another. Both of them will fall down together.”

Jeremiah 46:16

They will trip again and again. They will fall over one another. They will say, ‘Get up. Let’s go back home. Let’s return to our own people and our own lands. Let’s get away from the swords that will bring us great harm.’

Jeremiah 50:32

You proud people will trip and fall. No one will help you up. I will start a fire in your towns. It will burn up everyone around you.”

Jeremiah 6:1

The Lord says, “People of Benjamin, run for safety! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow trumpets in the city of Tekoa! Warn everyone in Beth Hakkerem! Horrible trouble is coming from the north. The Babylonians will destroy everything with awful power.

Daniel 11:19

After this, the king of Syria will return to the forts in his own country. But he will trip and fall. And he will never be seen again.

Daniel 11:22

Then he will sweep away a huge army. The army and a prince of the covenant will be destroyed.