Jeremiah 6:26

The Passion Translation

My dear people, it’s time to mourn. Put on sackcloth and sprinkle ashes on yourselves. Mourn as you would for an only child. Wail bitterly, for suddenly the destroyer will be upon us.

Cross References

Genesis 21:16

Then she walked about the distance of a bowshot and sat down, for she thought, “I can’t bear to watch my son die.” As she sat nearby, she broke into tears and sobbed uncontrollably.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day, the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, called you to repent with weeping and mourning and to show your remorse by shaving your heads and wearing sackcloth.

Isaiah 22:4

That is why I said, “Leave me alone to weep my bitter tears. Don’t even try to comfort me concerning my beloved people being destroyed.”

Isaiah 3:24

A stench will take the place of seductive perfumes; a rope will take the place of a sash, baldness for braided hair, rags instead of a fine robe, and the brand of a captive instead of beauty.

Isaiah 30:13

your own sin will become like a high, bulging wall that is cracked and about to collapse. In an instant, it will all fall down.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, you careless ones. Take off your fine garments and expose yourselves. Shake with fear and put on sackcloth.

Jeremiah 12:12

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

Jeremiah 13:17

If you will not listen, I will weep bitterly in secret from the depths of my soul because of your stubborn pride. My eyes gush with copious tears running down my face, because the flock of Yahweh is taken captive.

Jeremiah 14:17

“So, Jeremiah, speak your message of sorrow over them: “ ‘My eyes gush with tears day and night. I can’t stop weeping over all that my people have suffered. For my beloved people have suffered a great wound and are left grievously injured. They are as precious to me as a young daughter.

Jeremiah 15:8

Their widows became more numerous than the sands of the seas. In broad daylight, I have brought against them an unexpected destroyer to kill young men and mothers alike. Suddenly, I brought upon them terror and panic.

Jeremiah 18:22

May cries be heard from their homes as you suddenly bring raiders upon them without warning. For they’ve dug a pit to catch me and hidden snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to the people and to Jerusalem: “A blazing wind from the barren desert heights will blow upon my dear people, not a gentle wind to winnow or sift out—

Jeremiah 4:20

A chain of disasters, one after another. The entire land is in ruins! Suddenly, and in an instant, our tent and its curtains are destroyed.

Jeremiah 4:8

Therefore, put on sackcloth, lament, and wail, for the burning anger of Yahweh has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 6:14

They treat the wounds of my people as though they were scratches. They say, ‘Peace, everything is well,’ when there is no peace, and nothing is well.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen! I hear my beloved people crying out in despair throughout the land: “Is Yahweh no longer in Zion? Is her King not dwelling within her?” “So why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images and with their foreign, phony gods?”

Jeremiah 8:21

I am broken over the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn all day long. Horror has gripped me.

Jeremiah 9:1

How I wish my head were a reservoir that could weep a fountain of tears. I would weep day and night for my beloved ones who have been slain!

Jeremiah 9:10

I will weep and wail for the mountains and sing mournful songs for the pasturelands, for they are burned, with no one passing through. No one hears the lowing of cattle; birds and beasts of the field have fled—they are gone.

Lamentations 1:16

“This is why I weep bitterly, as tears stream down my cheeks. Truly, no one is here to comfort me or revive my life. My children no longer have a future, for the enemy has triumphed.”

Lamentations 1:2

She is weeping bitterly through the night, with tears streaming down her cheeks. Among all her lovers, not one can be found to comfort her. Her friends have all betrayed her and have now become her enemies.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes have no tears left, and my stomach is tied in knots. My heart is spilled out into the dirt over the destruction of the daughter of my people. Little toddlers and children collapse in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 3:16

He has ground my teeth with gravel and crushed me down to the dust.

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes stream with torrents of tears as I weep over the ruin of my beloved people.

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of caring women cooked their own children; they became their food when my beloved people were destroyed.

Lamentations 4:3

Even the vicious jackal is kind enough to nurse her young, but the daughter of my people is as cruel as the desert ostrich.

Lamentations 4:6

The punishment of my beloved people exceeded the judgment of sinful Sodom, which was suddenly destroyed without an army attacking her.

Luke 7:12

As he approached the village, he met a multitude of people in a funeral procession, who were mourning as they carried the body of a young man to the cemetery. The boy was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.

James 4:9

Feel the pain of your sin, be sorrowful and weep! Let your joking around be turned into mourning and your joy into deep humiliation.

James 5:1

Listen all you who are rich, for it’s time to weep and howl over the misery that will overtake you!