Jeremiah 22:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?

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  • 1 Kgs 9:8-9 : 8 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house? 9 And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.
  • 2 Chr 7:20-22 : 20 Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples. 21 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house? 22 And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.
  • Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth? 16 All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it. 17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.
  • Deut 29:23-26 : 23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath: 24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath? 25 Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt: 26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:
  • Lam 4:12 : 12 To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
  • Jer 16:10 : 10 And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 19:8
    82%

    8 And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.

  • Jer 22:7
    78%

    7 And I will make ready those who will send destruction on you, everyone armed for war: by them your best cedar-trees will be cut down and put in the fire.

  • 1 Kgs 9:8
    78%

    8 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

  • Zeph 2:15
    78%

    15 This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

  • Deut 29:24
    77%

    24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

  • 2 Chr 7:21
    77%

    21 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

  • Nah 3:7
    76%

    7 And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?

  • Jer 21:10
    76%

    10 For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

  • Zeph 3:6
    76%

    6 I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    75%

    8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

  • Ezek 26:17
    75%

    17 And they will send up a song of grief for you, and say to you, What destruction has come on you, how are you cut off from the sea, the noted town, which was strong in the sea, she and her people, causing the fear of them to come on all the dry land!

  • Jer 34:22
    75%

    22 See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.

  • Jer 15:5
    75%

    5 For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?

  • Jer 44:2
    75%

    2 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled;

  • Jer 22:9
    75%

    9 And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

  • Rev 18:18
    75%

    18 And crying out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What town is like the great town?

  • Lam 2:8
    75%

    8 It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

  • Isa 1:7
    75%

    7 Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.

  • Ezek 26:12
    74%

    12 They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

  • Isa 24:12
    74%

    12 In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.

  • Jer 50:13
    74%

    13 Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

  • Ezek 30:7
    74%

    7 And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

  • Mic 3:12
    74%

    12 For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

  • Jer 18:16
    74%

    16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

  • Jer 32:36
    74%

    36 And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

  • Isa 3:8
    74%

    8 For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

  • Jer 16:10
    74%

    10 And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?

  • Lam 2:15
    74%

    15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

  • Jer 9:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

    10 Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.

  • Ezek 5:14
    74%

    14 And I will make you a waste and a name of shame among the nations round about you, in the eyes of everyone who goes by.

  • Jer 50:3
    74%

    3 For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.

  • Jer 4:29
    74%

    29 All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.

  • Mic 4:11
    73%

    11 And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

  • Jer 50:23
    73%

    23 How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!

  • Hab 2:8
    73%

    8 Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

  • Lam 1:8
    73%

    8 Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back.

  • Ezek 9:1
    73%

    1 Then crying out in my hearing in a loud voice, he said, Let the overseers of the town come near, every man armed.

  • Jer 33:4
    73%

    4 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said about the houses of this town and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been broken down to make earthworks and ...;

  • Zech 8:20
    73%

    20 This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

  • Ezek 27:32
    73%

    32 And in their weeping they will make a song of grief for you, sorrowing over you and saying, Who is like Tyre, who has come to an end in the deep sea?

  • Jer 25:18
    73%

    18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;

  • Ezek 32:9
    73%

    9 And the hearts of numbers of peoples will be troubled, when I send your prisoners among the nations, into a country which is strange to you.

  • Jer 19:12
    73%

    12 This is what I will do to this place, says the Lord, and to its people, making this town like Topheth:

  • Jer 5:9
    73%

    9 Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

  • Isa 25:2
    73%

    2 For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.

  • Jer 12:11
    73%

    11 They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.

  • Jer 37:8
    73%

    8 And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
    73%

    6 And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

  • Jer 4:26
    73%

    26 Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath.