Luke 21:22

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 34:8

That’s because the Lord has set aside a day to pay Edom back. He has set aside a year to pay them back. He will pay them back for what they did to Zion.

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 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.

Hosea 9:7

The time when God will punish you is coming. The day when he will judge you is near. I want Israel to know this. You have committed many sins. And you hate me very much. That’s why you think the prophet is foolish. You think the person the Lord speaks through is crazy.

Malachi 4:1

“You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all. “Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

Matthew 1:22

All this took place to bring about what the Lord had said would happen. He had said through the prophet,

Romans 2:5

But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown.

Deuteronomy 32:34

The Lord says, “I have kept all those terrible things stored away. I have kept them sealed up in my strongbox.

Deuteronomy 32:43

You nations, be full of joy. Be joyful together with God’s people. The Lord will get even with his enemies. He will pay them back for killing those who serve him. He will wipe away the sin of his land and people.

2 Peter 2:9

Since all this is true, then the Lord knows how to save godly people. He knows how to keep them safe in times of testing. The Lord also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard. He will do so until the day they will be judged and punished.

2 Peter 3:7

By God’s word the heavens and earth of today are being reserved for fire. They are being kept for the day when God will judge. Then ungodly people will be destroyed.