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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 4:6 Historical context

Jeremiah 4:6 earlier announces this disaster from the north — now in 4:20 the prophet sees it unfolding as destruction.

Jeremiah 10:20 repeats the spoiled tabernacle and curtains image, reinforcing the same metaphor of sudden devastation from Jeremiah 4:20.

In Jeremiah 49:29, the same tents and curtains imagery describes judgment on Kedar, paralleling the sudden spoiling here.

Jeremiah 9:19 laments 'How are we spoiled!', echoing the spoiled tents and destruction cry of Jeremiah 4:20.

Jeremiah 48:3 describes 'spoiling and great destruction' over Moab, nearly identical to the cry in Jeremiah 4:20.

Jeremiah 18:22 asks for a cry and sudden troop, paralleling the sudden destruction and cry in Jeremiah 4:20.

Jeremiah 20:5 describes enemies spoiling Jerusalem's treasures, paralleling the spoiling of tents in Jeremiah 4:20.

Numbers 16:45 repeats 'consume as in a moment', reinforcing the theme of sudden divine judgment.

Habakkuk 3:7 mentions tents in affliction and trembling curtains, similar to the sudden spoiling of tents.

Ezekiel 7:26 repeats 'mischief upon mischief'—a structural parallel to 'destruction upon destruction', intensifying the sense of compounding disaster.

Lamentations 2:6-9 details the violent destruction of the tabernacle, echoing the same devastation of tents and curtains.

Isaiah 54:2 Contrast

Isaiah 54:2 calls for enlarging and strengthening the tent, opposite of the tents being spoiled.

Isaiah 47:9 Parallel

Isaiah 47:9 says two things come 'in a moment'—loss of children and widowhood—paralleling sudden disaster.

Isaiah 33:20 describes a tabernacle that will never be taken down, contrasting with the sudden destruction of tents here.

Numbers 16:21 uses 'in a moment' for sudden consumption of the congregation, matching the same phrase for sudden destruction here.

Lamentations 3:47 pairs 'desolation and destruction', echoing the same language of ruin found in Jeremiah's cry of destruction upon destruction.

In Zephaniah 1:13, houses are desolate and goods become booty — similar to tents being spoiled in judgment.