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A Conservative Version
And let that man be as the cities which LORD overthrew, and did not relent. And let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,
New American Standard Bible
Which the Lord
And let him hear an
And a
King James Version
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Holman Bible
the Lord demolished without compassion.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
and a war cry at noontime
International Standard Version
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and a battle cry at noon,
American Standard Version
And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
Amplified
And let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord overthrew without regret.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
And a shout of alarm at noon;
Bible in Basic English
May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;
Darby Translation
And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,
Julia Smith Translation
And that man being as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and lamented not: and hearing the cry in the morning and the loud noise in time of noon.
King James 2000
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And let that man be like the cities that Yahweh demolished without regret, and let him hear a cry for help in the morning, and an alarm at the time of noon.
Modern King James verseion
And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let it happen unto that man, as to the cities which the LORD turned upside down, when he had long heard the wicked rumor of them;
NET Bible
May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.
New Heart English Bible
Let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and did not repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
The Emphasized Bible
Making him very glad: Yea let that man be - as the cities which Yahweh overthrew and repented not, - And let him hear An outcry in the morning, and A war-shout at broad noon!
Webster
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noon;
World English Bible
Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
Youngs Literal Translation
Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.
Themes
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Interlinear
Haphak
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
15 Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man-child is born to thee, making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which LORD overthrew, and did not relent. And let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime, 17 because he did not kill me from the womb, and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses when thou shall bring a troop suddenly upon them, for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Jeremiah 48:3-4
The sound of a cry from Horonaim: Desolation and great destruction!
Genesis 19:24-25
Then LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from LORD out of heaven.
Deuteronomy 29:23
[that] the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which LORD overthrew in his anger, and i
Jeremiah 18:8
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
Jeremiah 26:13
Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of LORD your God, and LORD will relent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
Hosea 10:14
Therefore a tumult shall arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle; the mother was dashed in pieces with her sons.
Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [How] shall I cast thee off, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? [How] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me. My compassions are kindled together.
Amos 1:14
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces of it, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
Amos 2:2
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
Amos 4:11
I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.
Jonah 3:4
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey. And he cried out, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Jonah 3:9-10
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish?
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed to LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundan
Zephaniah 1:16
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of my people shall make a
Luke 17:29
But in that day Lot went out from Sodom he rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed them all.
2 Peter 2:6
and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,
Jude 1:7
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.