Jeremiah 6:5

New International Reader's Version

So get up! Let’s attack them at night! Let’s destroy their strongest forts!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:19

The Babylonians set God’s temple on fire. They broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces. They destroyed everything of value there.

Psalm 48:3

God is there to keep it safe. He has shown himself to be like a fort to the city.

Isaiah 32:14

The royal palace will be left empty. The noisy city will be deserted. The fort and lookout tower will become a dry and empty desert forever. Donkeys will enjoy being there. Flocks will eat there.

Jeremiah 17:27

But what if you do not obey me? Suppose you do not keep the Sabbath day holy. And suppose you carry a load through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. Then I will start a fire that can’t be put out. It will begin at the gates of Jerusalem. It will destroy its mighty towers.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 52:13

Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.

Jeremiah 52:7

Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away. They left the city at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls that were near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley.

Jeremiah 9:21

Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered our forts. Death has removed the children from the streets. It has taken the young men out of the market.

Hosea 8:14

Israel has forgotten the God who made them. They have built palaces for themselves. Judah has built forts in many towns. But I will send down fire on their cities. It will burn up their forts.”

Amos 2:5

So I will send fire to destroy Judah. It will burn up Jerusalem’s forts.”

Obadiah 1:1

This is the vision about Edom that Obadiah had. Here is what the Lord and King says about Edom. We’ve heard a message from the Lord. A messenger was sent to the nations. The Lord told him to say, “Get up! Let us go and make war against Edom.”

Zechariah 11:1

Lebanon, open your doors! Then fire can burn up your cedar trees.