Jeremiah 4:20
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah calls Israel to circumcise their hearts and not their foreskins. A trumpet signals danger from the north and Jeremiah describes the approach of the destroyer. In a devastating vision he sees chaos reverting to formless void — creation undone …
Other Translations
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.
Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment--my curtains.
News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.
Cross References
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall …
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: …
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy …
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great …
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I …
My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are …
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not …
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places …
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are …