Verse 20

I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:7 : 7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
  • Ps 72:19 : 19 His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.
  • Isa 33:20 : 20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.
  • Isa 47:9 : 9 Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.
  • Isa 54:2 : 2 Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.
  • Jer 4:6 : 6 Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.
  • Jer 10:19-20 : 19 And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’ 20 But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. Our children are gone and are not coming back. There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place.
  • Jer 17:18 : 18 May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”
  • Lam 2:6-9 : 6 ו(Vav) He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The LORD has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. 7 ז(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD’s temple as if it were a feast day. 8 ח(Khet) The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. 9 ט(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the LORD.
  • Lam 3:47 : 47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
  • Ezek 7:25-26 : 25 Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. 26 Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments– sword, famine, wild animals, and plague– to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!
  • Joel 1:15 : 15 How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
  • Hab 3:7 : 7 I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
  • Exod 33:5 : 5 For the LORD had said to Moses,“Tell the Israelites,‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”
  • Lev 26:18 : 18 “‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.
  • Lev 26:21 : 21 “‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
  • Lev 26:24 : 24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.
  • Num 16:21 : 21 “Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
  • Num 16:45 : 45 “Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.