Jeremiah 13:22

New Living Translation

You may ask yourself, “Why is all this happening to me?” It is because of your many sins! That is why you have been stripped and raped by invading armies.

Cross References

Isaiah 20:4

For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 3:17

So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”

Isaiah 47:8

“Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other. I will never be a widow or lose my children.’

Jeremiah 13:26

I myself will strip you and expose you to shame.

Jeremiah 14:16

As for the people to whom they prophesy—their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters—all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them.

Jeremiah 5:19

“And when your people ask, ‘Why did the Lord our God do all this to us?’ you must reply, ‘You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem has sinned greatly, so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag. All who once honored her now despise her, for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated. All she can do is groan and hide her face.

Ezekiel 23:26

They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.

Hosea 12:8

Israel boasts, “I am rich! I’ve made a fortune all by myself! No one has caught me cheating! My record is spotless!”

Hosea 2:10

I will strip her naked in public, while all her lovers look on. No one will be able to rescue her from my hands.

Hosea 2:3

Otherwise, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will leave her to die of thirst, as in a dry and barren wilderness.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’

Nahum 3:5

“I am your enemy!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “And now I will lift your skirts and show all the earth your nakedness and shame.

Zephaniah 1:12

“I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem’s darkest corners to punish those who sit complacent in their sins. They think the Lord will do nothing to them, either good or bad.

Deuteronomy 18:21

“But you may wonder, ‘How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the Lord?’

Deuteronomy 7:17

Perhaps you will think to yourselves, ‘How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?’

Deuteronomy 8:17

He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’