Jeremiah 12:12

New Living Translation

On all the bare hilltops, destroying armies can be seen. The sword of the Lord devours people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!

Cross References

Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the Lord is drenched with blood and covered with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice. Yes, the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah. He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.

Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God.

Jeremiah 15:2

And if they say to you, ‘But where can we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘Those who are destined for death, to death; those who are destined for war, to war; those who are destined for famine, to famine; those who are destined for captivity, to captivity.’

Jeremiah 16:5

This is what the Lord says: “Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.

Jeremiah 25:11

This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look at the shrines on every hilltop. Is there any place you have not been defiled by your adultery with other gods? You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer. You sit alone like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and your wickedness.

Jeremiah 3:21

Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people. For they have chosen crooked paths and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 30:5

This is what the Lord says: “I hear cries of fear; there is terror and no peace.

Jeremiah 34:17

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 4:27

This is what the Lord says: “The whole land will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, a day of vengeance on his enemies. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, yes, until it is drunk with your blood! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will receive a sacrifice today in the north country beside the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah 47:6

“Now, O sword of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still.

Jeremiah 48:2

No one will ever brag about Moab again, for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her. ‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from being a nation.’ The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced; the sword will follow you there.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

Lamentations 3:17

Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.

Ezekiel 21:28

“And now, son of man, prophesy concerning the Ammonites and their mockery. Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: “A sword, a sword is drawn for your slaughter. It is polished to destroy, flashing like lightning!

Ezekiel 21:4

Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked! I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:8

Then the Lord said to me,

Ezekiel 21:9

“Son of man, give the people this message from the Lord: “A sword, a sword is being sharpened and polished.

Ezekiel 5:2

Place a third of it at the center of your map of Jerusalem. After acting out the siege, burn it there. Scatter another third across your map and chop it with a sword. Scatter the last third to the wind, for I will scatter my people with the sword.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.

Amos 9:4

Even if their enemies drive them into exile, I will command the sword to kill them there. I am determined to bring disaster upon them and not to help them.”

Zephaniah 2:12

“You Ethiopians will also be slaughtered by my sword,” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh— the blood of the slaughtered and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders.”’

Revelation 6:4

Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.