Jeremiah 14:12-13
14:12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.
Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
14:13 Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, ‘You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.’”
Jeremiah 14:16
14:16 The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem
and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters.
For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
Jeremiah 14:18
14:18 If I go out into the countryside,
I see those who have been killed in battle.
If I go into the city,
I see those who are sick because of starvation.
For both prophet and priest go about their own business
in the land without having any real understanding.’”
Jeremiah 16:4
16:4 They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Jeremiah 18:21
18:21 So let their children die of starvation.
Let them be cut down by the sword.
Let their wives lose their husbands and children.
Let the older men die of disease
and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
Jeremiah 29:17-18
29:17 The
Lord who rules over all
says, ‘I will bring war,
starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten
they cannot be eaten.
29:18 I will chase after them with war,
starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.
Jeremiah 32:24
32:24 Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city
in order to capture it. War,
starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians
who are attacking it.
Lord,
you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place.
Jeremiah 32:36
32:36 “You and your people are right in saying, ‘War, starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.’ But now I, the Lord God of Israel, have something further to say about this city:
Jeremiah 38:2
38:2 “The
Lord says, ‘Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease.
Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians
will live. They will escape with their lives.’”
Jeremiah 38:9
38:9 “Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.
Jeremiah 42:16-17
42:16 the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to
Egypt. You will die there.
42:17 All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’