Jeremiah 4:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Up comes the lion from its lair,
the destroyer of nations has set out,
has left its place,
To turn your land into a desolation,
your cities into an uninhabited waste.(A)
Jeremiah 18:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Their land shall be made a waste,
an object of endless hissing:[a]
All passersby will be horrified,
shaking their heads.(A)
Footnotes
- 18:16 Hissing: in some ancient Near Eastern cultures hissing was not only a sign of derision but a magical means of keeping demons away; people hissed in order to ward off danger, like whistling in a cemetery.
Malachi 3:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 (A)For the day is coming, blazing like an oven,
when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble,
And the day that is coming will set them on fire,
leaving them neither root nor branch,
says the Lord of hosts.
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