Jeremiah 12:12

The English Standar Version

Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:6

The LORD has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 57:21

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

Jeremiah 15:2

And when they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD: " 'Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity.'

Jeremiah 16:5

"For thus says the LORD: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 25:11

This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been ravished? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile whoredom.

Jeremiah 3:21

A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 30:5

"Thus says the LORD: We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace.

Jeremiah 34:17

"Therefore, thus says the LORD: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the LORD. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 4:27

For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 47:6

Ah, sword of the LORD! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!

Jeremiah 48:2

the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned disaster against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

Lamentations 3:17

my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness[1] is;

Ezekiel 14:17

"Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast,

Ezekiel 21:28

"And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning --

Ezekiel 21:4

Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:8

And the word of the LORD came to me:

Ezekiel 21:9

"Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord; Say: "A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,

Ezekiel 5:2

A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

Amos 9:4

And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them; and I will fix my eyes upon them for evil and not for good."

Zephaniah 2:12

You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh -- with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'

Revelation 6:4

And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.