Bible Cross References
I will command
2 Samuel 16:11
And David said to Abishai and to all his officials, "My own son is trying to kill me; so why should you be surprised at this Benjaminite? The LORD told him to curse; so leave him alone and let him do it.
2 Kings 24:2
The LORD sent armed bands of Babylonians, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah, as the LORD had said through his servants the prophets that he would do.
2 Kings 24:3
This happened at the LORD's command, in order to banish the people of Judah from his sight because of all the sins that King Manasseh had committed,
2 Chronicles 36:17
So the LORD brought the king of Babylonia to attack them. The king killed the young men of Judah even in the Temple. He had no mercy on anyone, young or old, man or woman, sick or healthy. God handed them all over to him.
Isaiah 10:5-7
5
The LORD said, "Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry.
6
I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets."
7
But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.
Isaiah 13:3
The LORD has called out his proud and confident soldiers to fight a holy war and punish those he is angry with.
Isaiah 37:26
"Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out. I gave you the power to turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.
Isaiah 45:1-3
1
The LORD has chosen Cyrus to be king. He has appointed him to conquer nations; he sends him to strip kings of their power; the LORD will open the gates of cities for him. To Cyrus the LORD says,
2
"I myself will prepare your way, leveling mountains and hills. I will break down bronze gates and smash their iron bars.
3
I will give you treasures from dark, secret places; then you will know that I am the LORD and that the God of Israel has called you by name.
Amos 3:6
Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the LORD sends it?
Matthew 22:7
The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.
cause
Jeremiah 37:8-10
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Then the Babylonians will come back, attack the city, capture it, and burn it down.
9
I, the LORD, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will not come back, because they will.
10
Even if you defeat the whole Babylonian army, so that only wounded men are left, lying in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city to the ground."
shall fight
Jeremiah 21:4-10
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to tell Zedekiah that the LORD, the God of Israel, had said, "Zedekiah, I am going to defeat your army that is fighting against the king of Babylonia and his army. I will pile up your soldiers' weapons in the center of the city.
5
I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.
6
I will kill everyone living in this city; people and animals alike will die of a terrible disease.
7
But as for you, your officials, and the people who survive the war, the famine, and the disease---I will let all of you be captured by King Nebuchadnezzar and by your enemies, who want to kill you. Nebuchadnezzar will put you to death. He will not spare any of you or show mercy or pity to any of you. I, the LORD, have spoken."
8
Then the LORD told me to say to the people, "Listen! I, the LORD, am giving you a choice between the way that leads to life and the way that leads to death.
9
Anyone who stays in the city will be killed in war or by starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians, who are now attacking the city, will not be killed; they will at least escape with their life.
10
I have made up my mind not to spare this city, but to destroy it. It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 32:29
and set it on fire. They will burn it down, together with the houses where people have made me angry by burning incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out wine offerings to other gods.
Jeremiah 38:23
Then I added, "All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians, and you yourself will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia, and this city will be burned to the ground."
Jeremiah 39:1
In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:2
On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.
Jeremiah 39:8
Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:7
the city walls were broken through. Although the Babylonians were surrounding the city, all the soldiers escaped during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and fled in the direction of the Jordan Valley.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;
and I will
Jeremiah 9:11
The LORD says, "I will make Jerusalem a pile of ruins, a place where jackals live; the cities of Judah will become a desert, a place where no one lives."
Jeremiah 33:10
The LORD said, "People are saying that this place is like a desert, that it has no people or animals living in it. And they are right; the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are empty; no people or animals live there. But in these places you will hear again
Jeremiah 44:2-6
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The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, said, "You yourselves have seen the destruction I brought on Jerusalem and all the other cities of Judah. Even now they are still in ruins, and no one lives in them
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because their people had done evil and had made me angry. They offered sacrifices to other gods and served gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever worshiped.
4
I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate.
5
But you would not listen or pay any attention. You would not give up your evil practice of sacrificing to other gods.
6
So I poured out my anger and fury on the towns of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem, and I set them on fire. They were left in ruins and became a horrifying sight, as they are today.
Jeremiah 44:22-6
Isaiah 6:11
I asked, "How long will it be like this, Lord?" He answered, "Until the cities are ruined and empty---until the houses are uninhabited---until the land itself is a desolate wasteland.
Isaiah 24:12
The city is in ruins, and its gates have been broken down.
Isaiah 64:10
Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin,
Lamentations 1:1
How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honored by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.
Ezekiel 33:27
"Tell them that I, the Sovereign LORD, warn them that as surely as I am the living God, the people who live in the ruined cities will be killed. Those living in the country will be eaten by wild animals. Those hiding in the mountains and in caves will die of disease.
Ezekiel 33:28
I will make the country a desolate wasteland, and the power they were so proud of will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so wild that no one will be able to travel through them.
Micah 7:13
But the earth will become a desert because of the wickedness of those who live on it.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel said, "Almighty LORD, you have been angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah for seventy years now. How much longer will it be before you show them mercy?"
Zechariah 7:14
Like a storm I swept them away to live in foreign countries. This good land was left a desolate place, with no one living in it."