Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
the Lord demolished without compassion.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
and a war cry 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;
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,
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,
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
15
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.
the Lord demolished without compassion.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
and a war cry at noontime
so that my mother might have been my grave,
her womb eternally pregnant.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:22
when You suddenly bring raiders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.
Jeremiah 48:3-4
“devastation and great disaster!”
Genesis 19:24-25
Then out of the sky the Lord rained burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord.
Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in His fierce anger.
Jeremiah 4:19
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Jeremiah 18:8
However, if that nation I have made an announcement about turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.
Jeremiah 26:13
So now, correct your ways and deeds
Ezekiel 21:22
The answer marked
Hosea 10:14
and all your fortifications will be demolished
in a day of war,
like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.
Hosea 11:8
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!
Amos 1:14
and it will consume its citadels.
There will be shouting on the day of battle
and a violent wind on the day of the storm.
Amos 2:2
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.
Moab will die with a tumult,
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
Amos 4:11
as I
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,
yet you did not return to Me
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Jonah 3:4
Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,
Jonah 3:9-10
Who knows?
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord:
Zephaniah 1:16
against the fortified cities,
and against the high corner towers.
Zephaniah 2:9
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.
Luke 17:29
2 Peter 2:6
and if He reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Jude 1:7
In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah