Jeremiah 47:7

New Living Translation

“But how can it be still when the Lord has sent it on a mission? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed.”

Cross References

Isaiah 10:6

I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.

Isaiah 13:3

I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”

Isaiah 37:26

“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed are those who refuse to do the Lord’s work, who hold back their swords from shedding blood!

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 21:14

“Son of man, prophesy to them and clap your hands. Then take the sword and brandish it twice, even three times, to symbolize the great massacre, the great massacre facing them on every side.

Ezekiel 21:30

“Now return the sword to its sheath, for in your own country, the land of your birth, I will pass judgment upon you.

Ezekiel 21:9

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

Ezekiel 25:16

Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will raise my fist of judgment against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly destroy the people who live by the sea.

Amos 3:6

When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has planned it?

Micah 6:9

Fear the Lord if you are wise! His voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem: “The armies of destruction are coming; the Lord is sending them.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”