Jeremiah 21:7

The Passion Translation

“ ‘And after this, declares Yahweh, I will hand over Judah’s king, Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and food shortages, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and their enemies. He will slaughter them with the sword and show no mercy, pity, or compassion.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 27:11

The trees are withered and stripped bare, and their women gather dead branches for firewood, because they are a people of no understanding. That is why their Maker will show them no compassion, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 47:6

I became angry with my people, so I wounded my special ones. I handed them over to you, and you took them captive. You showed them no mercy; you even made the elderly suffer under your heavy yoke.

Jeremiah 13:14

And I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, says Yahweh. I will show no pity or compassion, and my mercy will not stop me from destroying them.’ ”

Jeremiah 14:12

They can fast and pray all they want, but I still won’t listen to their cry. Neither will I accept their burnt offerings and meal offerings that they present to me. I will destroy them by war, food shortages, and plague.”

Jeremiah 15:5

Yahweh says, “Who will feel sorry for you, people of Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will even bother to ask about your welfare?

Jeremiah 15:9

She who was honored to have seven children grows faint; robbed of her children, she wasted away. Her sun has set while it is still day. She is shamed and disgraced. Any who are left alive, I will hand them over to the sword of their enemies,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 19:7

“ ‘And I will also frustrate the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cause their bloodthirsty enemies to triumph over them, and I will give their dead bodies as food to the beasts of the field and birds of the sky.

Jeremiah 20:4

For Yahweh says to you: ‘I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends, who will be killed in battle while you look on. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or kill them with the sword.

Jeremiah 22:25

I will hand you over to the power of those who seek your life, into the hands of those you dread—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 27:6

Now I have given all your countries to my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him.

Jeremiah 32:4

King Zedekiah will not escape but will be captured and taken to the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, who will see him face-to-face and speak with him in person.

Jeremiah 34:3

You will not escape from his clutches but will certainly be captured and given over to him. You will see the king of Babylon face-to-face and speak to him in person. Then you will go into exile to Babylon.

Jeremiah 36:29

Yahweh told me to tell the king, “Yahweh says to you: You have burned the scroll, and you have demanded that Jeremiah tell you why he prophesied that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and exterminate its people and its animals.

Jeremiah 37:17

King Zedekiah had me secretly brought to his palace. He asked me, “Has Yahweh given you a word for me?” “Yes,” I answered. “Yahweh is going to let you be captured by the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:17

“Israel was like straying lambs, driven away and scattered by lions. “First, the king of Assyria devoured them, and now, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed their bones.

Lamentations 2:20

“Look, Yahweh, and please consider. Whom have you ever treated this way? Should women eat their offspring, the little ones they have nursed? Should priests and prophets be slaughtered in the Lord’s sanctuary?

Lamentations 2:22

“You invited terror as if to a festival, to attack me from all sides. On the day of Yahweh’s anger, none escaped and none survived. All whom I cherished and reared have been annihilated by the enemy.”

Ezekiel 23:28

For Lord Yahweh says: Now, I will hand you over to those you hate, those for whom you no longer feel affection.

Ezekiel 7:9

I will show you no mercy nor spare you, but I will punish you for your conduct and for all your detestable deeds. Then you will know that I am Yahweh who has punished you.’ ”

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore, with wrath I will deal with them. I will show neither pity nor mercy. They can cry to me as loudly as they want, but I will not listen to them.”

Ezekiel 9:10

So, I no longer will show them any mercy nor give them one glance of pity. They hereby suffer the consequences of their own behavior.”