Jeremiah 4:20

Disaster piles on disaster as the whole land is suddenly laid waste. It matters because it conveys the swift, total ruin that judgment brings.

Cross-references · 24

• Ps 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
• Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Ezek 7:25–26Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
• Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• 2 Th 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
• Lam 3:47Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
• Ezek 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
• Jer 10:19–20Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
• Jer 17:18Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
• Isa 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Lev 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
• Exod 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
• Lev 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
• Isa 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
• Lev 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
• Jer 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
• Isa 47:9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
• Isa 54:2“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
• Num 16:21“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
• Hab 3:7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
• Lam 2:6–9He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
• Num 16:45“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
• Lev 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
• Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

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