Jeremiah 20:4

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Jeremiah 20:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

4 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.

5 I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

6 And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

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Deuteronomy 28:65

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Deuteronomy 28:66

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

Job 18:11

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Job 18:12

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

Job 18:13

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Job 18:14

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Job 18:15

Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

Job 18:16

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Job 18:17

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Job 18:19

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

Job 18:20

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

Job 18:21

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

Job 20:23

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Job 20:24

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Job 20:25

It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Job 20:26

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Psalms 73:19

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Ezekiel 26:17

Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

Ezekiel 26:18

Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

Ezekiel 26:19

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 26:21

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Matthew 27:4

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

Matthew 27:5

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Jeremiah 29:21

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

Jeremiah 39:6

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 39:7

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

Deuteronomy 28:34

You will be driven mad by the sights you see.

1 Samuel 2:33

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

2 Kings 25:7

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 19:15

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”

Jeremiah 21:4

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

Jeremiah 21:5

And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

Jeremiah 21:6

I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’

Jeremiah 21:7

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

Jeremiah 21:8

Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Jeremiah 21:9

Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

Jeremiah 21:10

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

Jeremiah 25:9

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 32:27

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

Jeremiah 32:28

Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

Jeremiah 32:29

And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

Jeremiah 32:30

For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:31

For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence