Jeremiah 50:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:19-21 : 19 My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears. 20 News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste. 21 How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?
  • Jer 51:54-56 : 54 There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans: 55 For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud: 56 For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.
  • Isa 21:2-4 : 2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow. 3 For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see. 4 My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 51:54-55
    2 verses
    83%

    54There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:

    55For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

  • Jer 50:23
    82%

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

  • Jer 50:21
    82%

    21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do.

  • Jer 50:46
    80%

    46At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.

  • Jer 50:25-28
    4 verses
    79%

    25From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans.

    26Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.

    27Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.

    28The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.

  • Jer 4:20
    77%

    20News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

  • Jer 50:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

    2Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.

    3For 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 50:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.

    16Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land.

  • Jer 51:28-29
    2 verses
    76%

    28Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.

    29And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.

  • Jer 48:3
    76%

    3There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;

  • Jer 51:32
    76%

    32And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.

  • Jer 50:30
    75%

    30For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.

  • Jer 51:47-49
    3 verses
    75%

    47For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.

    48And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those who make her waste will come from the north, says the Lord.

    49As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.

  • Jer 10:22
    75%

    22News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.

  • Jer 25:37
    75%

    37And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

  • Jer 46:22
    74%

    22She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.

  • Jer 50:13
    74%

    13Because 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.

  • Isa 24:12
    74%

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

  • Jer 50:41
    73%

    41See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

  • Jer 50:35
    73%

    35A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.

  • Jer 50:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.

    10And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth will have enough, says the Lord.

  • Jer 51:1
    73%

    1The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;

  • Isa 13:5
    73%

    5They come from a far country, from the farthest part of heaven, even the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, with destruction for all the land.

  • Jer 51:52
    73%

    52For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.

  • Jer 25:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31A noise will come, even to the end of the earth; for the Lord has a cause against the nations, he will give his decision against all flesh; as for the evil-doers, he will give them to the sword, says the Lord.

    32This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.

  • Jer 25:9
    73%

    9See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

  • Jer 51:41
    73%

    41How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!

  • Jer 50:37
    73%

    37A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

  • Isa 34:2
    73%

    2For the Lord is angry with all the nations, and his wrath is burning against all their armies: he has put them to the curse, he has given them to destruction.

  • Jer 34:22
    72%

    22See, 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.

  • Isa 22:5
    72%

    5For it is a day of trouble and of crushing down and of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the valley of vision; ...

  • Jer 6:22
    72%

    22The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

  • Jer 5:10
    72%

    10Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

  • Jer 18:7
    72%

    7Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

  • Jer 51:3
    72%

    3Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.

  • Jer 22:7
    72%

    7And 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.

  • Ezek 7:25
    72%

    25Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.

  • Lam 3:47
    72%

    47Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.