Lamentations 2:3

New Living Translation

All the strength of Israel vanishes beneath his fierce anger. The Lord has withdrawn his protection as the enemy attacks. He consumes the whole land of Israel like a raging fire.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:25

For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’

Job 16:15

I wear burlap to show my grief. My pride lies in the dust.

Psalm 132:17

Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people.

Psalm 74:11

Why do you hold back your strong right hand? Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.

Psalm 75:10

For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly.”

Psalm 75:5

Don’t raise your fists in defiance at the heavens or speak with such arrogance.’”

Psalm 79:5

O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 89:24

My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.

Psalm 89:46

O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

Isaiah 1:31

The strongest among you will disappear like straw; their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire. They and their evil works will burn up together, and no one will be able to put out the fire.

Isaiah 42:25

Therefore, he poured out his fury on them and destroyed them in battle. They were enveloped in flames, but they still refused to understand. They were consumed by fire, but they did not learn their lesson.

Jeremiah 21:14

And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness, says the Lord. I will light a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you.’”

Jeremiah 4:4

O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

Jeremiah 48:25

“The strength of Moab has ended. His arm has been broken,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:20

So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”

Lamentations 1:13

“He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.

Lamentations 4:11

But now the anger of the Lord is satisfied. His fierce anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.

Ezekiel 13:13

“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.

Ezekiel 7:14

“The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize, but no one listens, for my fury is against them all.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.

Malachi 4:1

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.

Luke 1:69

He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David,

Luke 3:17

He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”

Deuteronomy 32:22

For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth and all its crops and ignites the foundations of the mountains.