Judgment on Babylon

Jeremiah 50

1 The word that the Lord spoke concerning c Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, d by Jeremiah the prophet:

2 "Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
e 'Babylon is taken,
f Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
e Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.'

3 "For g out of the north a nation has come up against her, h which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; i both man and beast shall flee away.

4 j "In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, j the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, k weeping as they come, and they l shall seek the Lord their God. 5 m They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, n saying, 'Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an o everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.'

6 p "My people have been lost sheep. q Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. 7 All who found them have devoured them, r and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for s they have sinned against the Lord, t their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, u the hope of their fathers.'

8 v "Flee from the midst of Babylon, v and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock. 9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon w a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 10 x Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.

11 y "Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
 12 your mother shall be utterly shamed,
and she who bore you shall be disgraced.
Behold, she shall be the last of the nations,
z a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
 13 a Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
b everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
b and hiss because of all her wounds.
 14 c Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
d all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
e for she has sinned against the Lord.
 15 f Raise a shout against her all around;
she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
g her walls are thrown down.
For h this is the vengeance of the Lord:
take vengeance on her;
i do to her as she has done.
 16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
j because of the sword of the oppressor,
k every one shall turn to his own people,
and every one shall flee to his own land.

17 l "Israel is a hunted sheep m driven away by lions. n First the king of Assyria o devoured him, and now at last p Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon q has gnawed his bones. 18 Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, r I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, s as I punished the king of Assyria. 19 t I will restore Israel to his pasture, and t he shall feed on u Carmel and in u Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in u Gilead. 20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, v iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for w I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

21 "Go up against the land of Merathaim, 1
and against the inhabitants of Pekod. 2
Kill, x and devote them to destruction, 3
declares the Lord,
and do all that I have commanded you.
 22 y The noise of battle is in the land,
and great destruction!
 23 z How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and broken!
a How Babylon b has become
a horror among the nations!
 24 c I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
and d you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
because you opposed the Lord.
 25 The Lord has opened his armory
and brought out e the weapons of his wrath,
for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do
in the land of the Chaldeans.
 26 Come against her from every quarter;
open her granaries;
f pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
let nothing be left of her.
 27 Kill all g her bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
h the time of their punishment.

28 "A voice! They i flee and escape from the land of Babylon, j to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for k his temple.

29 l "Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. l Encamp around her; let no one escape. m Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has n proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30 o Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.

31 "Behold, I am against you, O n proud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
p for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
 32 n The proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
q and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
and it will devour all that is around him.

33 "Thus says the Lord of hosts: r The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; s they refuse to let them go. 34 t Their Redeemer is strong; u the Lord of hosts is his name. v He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 "A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against w her officials and her x wise men!
 36 A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her y warriors,
that they may be destroyed!
 37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
and against all z the foreign troops in her midst,
that a they may become women!
b A sword against all her treasures,
that they may be plundered!
 38 c A drought against her waters,
that they may be dried up!
d For it is a land of images,
and they are mad over idols.

39 e "Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations. 40 f As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, g so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

41 h "Behold, a people comes from the north;
a mighty nation and many kings
are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
 42 They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!

43 "The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.

44 i "Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd j can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear k the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, k and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: l Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 46 m At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations."

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:1 - 14:27
    The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
    Isaiah 21:1 - 10
    The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:59 - 60
    The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:9
    And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:9
    And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:1
    Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:14
    Then the Lord said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:13
    Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.
    Jeremiah 50:23
    How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
    Jeremiah 51:29
    The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord 's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:62
    And say, 'O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.
    Psalms 135:8
    He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:18
    In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:18
    In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:9
    With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
    Jeremiah 31:18
    I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
    Ezra 8:21
    Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
    Psalms 126:6
    He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
  12. Cross References
    Hosea 3:5
    Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:21
    Set up road markers for yourself; make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway, the road by which you went. Return, O virgin Israel, return to these your cities.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:3
    And many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:40
    I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:17
    Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
    Isaiah 53:6
    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
    Matthew 18:12
    What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
    Luke 15:4
    What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
  17. Cross References
    Zechariah 10:2
    For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
    Ezekiel 34:1 - 6
    The word of the Lord came to me:
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:2 - 3
    The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "The Lord your God pronounced this disaster against this place.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:14
    Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:23
    Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: "'The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 14:8
    O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:6
    Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord 's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
    Jeremiah 51:45
    Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord!
    Isaiah 48:20
    Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, "The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:6
    Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord 's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
    Jeremiah 51:45
    Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord!
    Isaiah 48:20
    Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, "The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:14
    For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:12
    Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
  26. Cross References
    Lamentations 4:21
    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:43
    Her cities have become a horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:39
    Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:9
    For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
    Jeremiah 51:11
    Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
    Isaiah 21:2
    A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
  32. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:29
    Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
    Jeremiah 51:3
    Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:7
    All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
  34. Cross References
    Joshua 6:16
    And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
  35. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:58
    "Thus says the Lord of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nothing, and the nations weary themselves only for fire."
  36. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:10
    That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
    Jeremiah 51:6
    Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord 's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
    Jeremiah 51:11
    Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:29
    Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
    Jeremiah 51:56
    For a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
  38. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:16
    He made many stumble, and they fell, and they said one to another, 'Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the oppressor.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:9
    We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
    Isaiah 13:14
    And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.
  40. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:6
    My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
  41. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:15
    The lions have roared against him; they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
    Jeremiah 4:7
    A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
    Isaiah 5:29
    Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.
  42. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
    2 Kings 18:13
    In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
  43. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:34
    Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his stomach with my delicacies; he has rinsed me out.
  44. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:10
    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
    2 Kings 24:14
    He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land.
    2 Kings 25:1 - 11
    And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
  45. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:34
    Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his stomach with my delicacies; he has rinsed me out.
  46. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:12
    When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
    Isaiah 24:21
    On that day the Lord will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
    Psalms 76:12
    Who cuts off the spirit of princes, who is to be feared by the kings of the earth.
  47. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:24 - 25
    The Lord of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.
  48. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:13 - 14
    And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
  49. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:13 - 14
    And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
  50. Cross References
    Micah 7:14
    Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
  51. Cross References
    Micah 7:14
    Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
  52. Cross References
    Micah 7:14
    Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
  53. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:2
    Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord 's hand double for all her sins.
  54. Cross References
    Isaiah 33:24
    And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
    Jeremiah 31:34
    And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  55. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:26
    Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction; let nothing be left of her.
    Jeremiah 51:3
    Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
  56. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:54
    A voice! A cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
  57. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:6
    That struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
  58. Cross References
    Revelation 18:19
    And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
    Revelation 18:21
    Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more.
  59. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:3
    For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away.
    Jeremiah 50:13
    Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.
  60. Cross References
    Psalms 141:9
    Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
  61. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:31
    One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side.
    Daniel 5:30
    That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
  62. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:5
    They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
  63. Cross References
    Nehemiah 4:2
    And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?
  64. Cross References
    Psalms 22:12
    Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
    Isaiah 34:7 - 8
    Wild oxen shall fall with them, and young steers with the mighty bulls. Their land shall drink its fill of blood, and their soil shall be gorged with fat.
  65. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:21
    Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fattened calves; yes, they have turned and fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.
  66. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:8
    Flee from the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock.
  67. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:10
    The Lord has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
    Psalms 64:9
    Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.
  68. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:11
    Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
    Jeremiah 52:13
    And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
    Daniel 5:3
    Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
    Daniel 5:23
    But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
  69. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:14
    Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
    Job 16:13
    His archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
  70. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:14
    Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
    Job 16:13
    His archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
  71. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:14
    For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.
  72. Cross References
    Isaiah 47:10
    You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me.
  73. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:26
    Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, declares the Lord of hosts.
  74. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:29
    Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
  75. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:27
    Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
    Jeremiah 49:8
    Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.
  76. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:29
    Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
  77. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:27
    But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'
  78. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:17
    Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
  79. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:17
    Who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?
  80. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:14
    Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  81. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:16
    Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
  82. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:36
    Therefore thus says the Lord : "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.
    Isaiah 51:22
    Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: "Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more.
  83. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:57
    I will make drunk her officials and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
    Daniel 5:30
    That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
  84. Cross References
    Daniel 4:6
    So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
  85. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:57
    I will make drunk her officials and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
  86. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:20
    And all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines ( Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod).
  87. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:30
    The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.
  88. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:3
    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
  89. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:27
    Who says to the deep, 'Be dry; I will dry up your rivers'.
    Jeremiah 51:36
    Therefore thus says the Lord : "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.
  90. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:2
    "Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
    Jeremiah 51:47
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
    Jeremiah 51:52
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
  91. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:21 - 22
    But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there ostriches will dwell, and there wild goats will dance.
  92. Cross References
    Genesis 19:25
    And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
    Isaiah 13:19
    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
  93. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:43
    Her cities have become a horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.
  94. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:41 - 43
    Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
    Jeremiah 6:22 - 24
    Thus says the Lord : "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
  95. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:44 - 46
    Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
    Jeremiah 49:19 - 21
    Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
  96. Cross References
    Job 41:10
    No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
  97. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:11 - 12
    Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
    Jeremiah 51:29
    The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord 's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
    Isaiah 14:24
    The Lord of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.
  98. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:11 - 12
    Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
    Jeremiah 51:29
    The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord 's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
    Isaiah 14:24
    The Lord of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.
  99. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:20
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
  100. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:21
    At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea.
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