Jeremiah 22:8

New Living Translation

“People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the Lord destroy such a great city?’

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:10

“When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the Lord our God?’

Jeremiah 40:2

The captain of the guard called for Jeremiah and said, “The Lord your God has brought this disaster on this land,

Jeremiah 40:3

just as he said he would. For these people have sinned against the Lord and disobeyed him. That is why it happened.

Lamentations 4:12

Not a king in all the earth— no one in all the world— would have believed that an enemy could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 12:16

But I will spare a few of them from death by war, famine, or disease, so they can confess all their detestable sins to their captors. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 14:23

When you meet them and see their behavior, you will understand that these things are not being done to Israel without cause. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 39:23

The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them.

Ezekiel 5:15

You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the Lord punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the Lord.

Daniel 9:7

“Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.