Jeremiah 12:12

The Passion Translation

Many destroyers have marched over those barren hills. Yahweh’s sword has devoured the people throughout the land; no one is safe.

Cross References

Jeremiah 47:6

“Oh, sword in the hand of Yahweh, how long until you rest? Go back into your sheath, rest and be still!

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or suppose I were to bring war upon that country, sending enemies with swords to devastate the land and wipe out both people and animals.

Isaiah 34:6

Lord Yahweh has a judgment-sword dripping with blood. It is smeared with fat, dripping with the blood of lambs and goats, and covered with the fat of rams’ kidneys. Lord Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Revelation 6:4

And there appeared another horse, red like fiery flames, and its rider was given a great sword and the power to take peace from the earth, causing one to put to death another.

Ezekiel 5:2

When the days of your siege are over, burn up a third in the midst of the city of Jerusalem. Take another third and chop it up with the sword around the perimeter of the tile-city. Then scatter the last third to the wind. I will pursue those who escape the city with my sword.

Jeremiah 48:2

The fame of Moab is no more. In Heshbon, the enemy plotted Moab’s doom: ‘Come, let’s wipe her off the map.’ For indeed, my sword will leave only silence in your town named Silent.

Jeremiah 34:17

“So, I, Yahweh, say you have disobeyed me by failing to grant freedom to your fellow Jews. Very well then. I, Yahweh, declare that I will give you freedom—the freedom to die by the sword, disease, and starvation. And I will make you a disgusting sight to every nation in the world.

Jeremiah 15:2

And if they ask you, ‘Where are we to go?’ answer them, ‘Here is what Yahweh says: “ ‘Those destined to die by the plague, go die by the plague. Those destined to die by the sword, go die by the sword. Those destined to die by food shortages, go die by famine. Those destined for captivity, go into captivity.’ ”

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the barren heights and carefully consider: Is there any place where you have not offered yourself as a prostitute? You have sat by the roadside waiting for lovers, sitting like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Isaiah 57:21

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

Jeremiah 3:21

I hear the sound of voices echoing from the barren hills, the bitter weeping of the sons of Israel pleading for mercy because they lost their moral way and have forgotten Yahweh their God.

Jeremiah 4:27

“For I, Yahweh, have spoken: ‘The whole land will remain desolate; however, the end of the world is not yet.

Jeremiah 16:5

For Yahweh says: “You are not to enter a house of mourning or go there to lament and to console them. For I have lifted my favor off that people,” declares Yahweh. “I will no longer show them my kindness and compassion.

Jeremiah 25:11

The entire region will become a ruin, empty as a desert, and these nations will be carried off to Babylon to serve her king for seventy years.

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, a day when he takes vengeance on his foes. The sword will devour until gorged, until drunk on their blood. For Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, is hosting a sacrificial feast in the land of the north, by the river Euphrates.

Lamentations 3:17

You have snatched peace from my soul; I have entirely forgotten your goodness.

Ezekiel 21:4

I am going to use my drawn sword to cut off the upright and wicked alike, everyone alive from the south to the north.

Ezekiel 21:28

“Son of man, prophesy and announce what I, Lord Yahweh, say to the mocking Ammonites: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn and ready for slaughter! It is a sharp, polished sword to flash like lightning and to destroy.

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and prosperity, but no blessing came. We had hoped for a time of healing, but we were overtaken by sudden terror!

Ezekiel 21:8

Yahweh spoke to me again, saying,

Ezekiel 21:9

“Son of man, prophesy the message that I, the Lord, give you: “A sword, a sword of judgment has been sharpened and polished,