Jeremiah 46 - 51

Judgment on Egypt

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet c concerning the nations.

2 About Egypt. d Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in e the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 f "Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!
 4 g Harness the horses;
mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
f polish your spears,
put on your armor!
 5 Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
and have turned backward.
Their h warriors are beaten down
and have fled in haste;
i they look not back -
j terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

6 "The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
d in the north by the river Euphrates
k they have stumbled and fallen.

7 "Who is this, l rising like the Nile,
like rivers m whose waters surge?
 8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers m whose waters surge.
He said, 'I will rise, I will cover the earth,
I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
 9 n Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and o Put who handle the shield,
p men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
 10 q That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
r a day of vengeance,
s to avenge himself on his foes.
t The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds u a sacrifice
v in the north country w by the river Euphrates.
 11 x Go up to Gilead, and take x balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
y there is no healing for you.
 12 The nations have heard of your shame,
and the earth is full of your cry;
z for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
they have both fallen together."

13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of a Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

14 "Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in b Migdol;
proclaim in b Memphis and b Tahpanhes;
say, c 'Stand ready and be prepared,
for d the sword shall devour around you.'
 15 Why are your mighty ones face down?
They do not stand 1
because the Lord thrust them down.
 16 He made many stumble, f 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,
g because of the sword of the oppressor.'
 17 Call the name of h Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
'Noisy one who lets the hour go by.'

18 i "As I live, declares the King,
j whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like k Tabor among the mountains
and like l Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
 19 m Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
O n inhabitants of Egypt!
For o Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, p without inhabitant.

20 "A beautiful q heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly r from the north has come upon her.
 21 Even her hired soldiers in her midst
are like s fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
t the time of their punishment.

22 "She makes u a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
v like those who fell trees.
 23 v They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
though it is impenetrable,
because w they are more numerous than locusts;
they are without number.
 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be delivered into the hand of r a people from the north."

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: "Behold, I am bringing punishment upon x Amon of y Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt z and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 a I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. b Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited c as in the days of old, declares the Lord.

27 d "But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
 28 d Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
to which I have driven you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
e I will discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished."

Jeremiah 47

Judgment on the Philistines

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet f concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down g Gaza.

2 "Thus says the Lord:
h Behold, waters are rising i out of the north,
h and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow j the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
l at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers m look not back to their children,
so feeble are their hands,
 4 because of the day that is coming to destroy
all f the Philistines,
to cut off from n Tyre and Sidon
every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
o the remnant of the coastland of p Caphtor.
 5 q Baldness has come upon Gaza;
r Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
s how long will you gash yourselves?
 6 t Ah, sword of the Lord!
How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
 7 How can it 2 be quiet
u when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against v Ashkelon and against the seashore
w he has appointed it."

Jeremiah 48

Judgment on Moab

1 x Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
"Woe to y Nebo, for it is laid waste!
z Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame a and broken down;
 2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In b Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
'Come, let us cut her off c from being a nation!'
You also, O d Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.

3 "A voice! A cry from e Horonaim,
'Desolation and great destruction!'
 4 Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
 5 e For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping; 3
for e at the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distressed cry 4 of destruction.
 6 Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like f a juniper in the desert!
 7 For, g because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and h Chemosh i shall go into exile
with j his priests and his officials.
 8 k The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and l the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.

9 "Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.

10 m "Cursed is he who does n the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.

11 "Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has o settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.

12 "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his 5 jars in pieces. 13 Then p Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as q the house of Israel was ashamed of r Bethel, their confidence.

14 "How do you say, 'We are heroes
and mighty men of war'?
 15 The destroyer of s Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have t gone down to slaughter,
declares u the King, u whose name is the Lord of hosts.
 16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
 17 v Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, w 'How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.'

18 x "Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of y Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
 19 z Stand by the way z and watch,
O inhabitant of a Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, 'What has happened?'
 20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
v wail and cry!
Tell it beside b the Arnon,
that s Moab is laid waste.

21 "Judgment has come upon c the tableland, upon Holon, and d Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and y Dibon, and e Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and f Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and g Beth-meon, 24 and h Kerioth, and i Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 j The horn of Moab is cut off, and k his arm is broken, declares the Lord.

26 l "Make him drunk, m because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall l wallow in his vomit, n and he too shall be held in derision. 27 o Was not Israel a derision to you? p Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him q you wagged your head?

28 r "Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be s like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
 29 t We have heard of the pride of Moab -
he is very proud -
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
 30 I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
u his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
 31 v Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of w Kir-hareseth I mourn.
 32 More than for x Jazer I weep for you,
y O vine of z Sibmah!
a Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of x Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
 33 b Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.

34 c "From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to d Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35 And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in e the high place and makes offerings to his god. 36 Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of f Kir-hareseth. g Therefore the riches they gained have perished.

37 h "For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. i On all the hands are gashes, and j around the waist is sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like k a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39 How it is broken! How they wail! l How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab m has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him."

40 For thus says the Lord:
"Behold, n one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
o and spread his wings against Moab;
 41 p the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
q The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of r a woman in her birth pains;
 42 Moab shall be s destroyed and be no longer a people,
because t he magnified himself against the Lord.
 43 u Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
 44 He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
v For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

45 "In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed w the forehead of Moab,
the crown of w the sons of tumult.
 46 x Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of y Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
 47 z Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the Lord."
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 49

Judgment on Ammon

1 a Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord:
"Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has b Milcom c dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
 2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause d the battle cry to be heard
against e Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate f mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.

3 "Wail, O g Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of e Rabbah!
h Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For i Milcom shall go into exile,
j with his priests and his officials.
 4 Why do you boast of your valleys, 6
k O faithless daughter,
l who trusted in her treasures, saying,
'Who will come against me?'
 5 Behold, m I will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.

6 "But n afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord."

Judgment on Edom

7 Concerning o Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:
p "Is wisdom no more in p Teman?
q Has counsel perished from the prudent?
q Has their wisdom vanished?
 8 r Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of s Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
t the time when I punish him.
 9 u If grape-gatherers came to you,
would they not leave v gleanings?
u If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
 10 w But I have stripped Esau bare;
u I have uncovered his hiding places,
and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
and his neighbors; and x he is no more.
 11 y Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
y and let your widows trust in me."

12 For thus says the Lord: z "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, a will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 b For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that c Bozrah shall become d a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes."

14 e I have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
f "Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
 15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
 16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock, 7
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you g make your nest as high as the eagle's,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.

17 h "Edom shall become a horror. i Everyone who passes by it will be horrified i and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 j As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their k neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, l no man shall dwell there, l no man shall sojourn in her. 19 m Behold, n like a lion coming up from o the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him 8 run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. p For who is like me? q Who will summon me? r What shepherd can stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against s Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of t Teman: u Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21 At the sound of their fall v the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, w one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against x Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart y of a woman in her birth pains."

Judgment on Damascus

23 Concerning z Damascus:
a "Hamath and b Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
c they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
 24 z Damascus has become feeble, d she turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as y of a woman in labor.
 25 How is e the famous city not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
 26 f Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
declares the Lord of hosts.
 27 And g I will kindle a fire in the wall of z Damascus,
and it shall devour the strongholds of h Ben-hadad."

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning i Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.
Thus says the Lord:
j "Rise up, advance against i Kedar!
Destroy k the people of the east!
 29 l Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,
their l curtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
and men shall cry to them: m 'Terror on every side!'
 30 n Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!
declares the Lord.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has made a plan against you
and formed a purpose against you.

31 j "Rise up, advance against a nation o at ease,
p that dwells securely,
declares the Lord,
p that has no gates or bars,
that dwells alone.
 32 q Their camels shall become plunder,
their herds of livestock a spoil.
r I will scatter to every wind
s those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
from every side of them,
declares the Lord.
 33 Hazor shall become t a haunt of jackals,
an everlasting waste;
u no man shall dwell there;
u no man shall sojourn in her."

Judgment on Elam

34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning v Elam, in the beginning of the reign of w Zedekiah king of Judah.

35 Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will break x the bow of v Elam, the mainstay of their might. 36 And I will bring upon v Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of v Elam shall not come. 37 I will y terrify v Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, z my fierce anger, declares the Lord. a I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, 38 and I will set my throne in v Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.

39 "But in the latter days b I will restore the fortunes of v Elam, declares the Lord."

Jeremiah 50

Judgment on Babylon

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, 9
and against the inhabitants of Pekod. 10
Kill, x and devote them to destruction, 11
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."

Jeremiah 51

The Utter Destruction of Babylon

1 Thus says the Lord:
"Behold, I will stir up n the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon,
against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai, 12
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and o they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
p on the day of trouble.
 3 q Let not the archer bend his bow,
and let him not stand up in his armor.
Spare not her young men;
r devote to destruction 13 all her army.
 4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
s and wounded in her streets.
 5 t For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord of hosts,
but the land of the Chaldeans 14 is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.

6 u "Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
v Be not cut off in her punishment,
w for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
 7 Babylon was x a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
y making all the earth drunken;
z the nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
 8 a Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
b wail for her!
c Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
 9 We would have healed Babylon,
but she was not healed.
d Forsake her, and e let us go
each to his own country,
for f her judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.
 10 g The Lord has brought about our vindication;
h come, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.

11 i "Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
j The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of k the Medes, because l his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, m for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for m his temple.

12 n "Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
o make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
prepare the ambushes;
l for the Lord has both planned and done
what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
 13 p O you who dwell by many waters,
rich in treasures,
your end has come;
the thread of your life is cut.
 14 q The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself:
Surely I will fill you with men, r as many as locusts,
s and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.

15 t "It is he who made the earth by his power,
who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
 16 When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
 17 Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
and there is no breath in them.
 18 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
 19 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.

20 "You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I u break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
 21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
 22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces v the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces v the young man and the young woman;
 23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces w governors and commanders.

24 x "I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

25 "Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
declares the Lord,
which destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you,
and roll you down from the crags,
y and make you a burnt mountain.
 26 No z stone shall be taken from you for a corner
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be a a perpetual waste,
declares the Lord.

27 b "Set up a standard on the earth;
c blow the trumpet among the nations;
d prepare e the nations for war against her;
summon against her f the kingdoms,
g Ararat, Minni, and h Ashkenaz;
appoint a i marshal against her;
j bring up horses like bristling locusts.
 28 d Prepare e the nations for war against her,
the kings of k the Medes, l with their governors l and deputies,
and every m land under their dominion.
 29 n The land trembles and writhes in pain,
o for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
without inhabitant.
 30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
p they have become women;
q her dwellings are on fire;
r her bars are broken.
 31 One s 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;
 32 the fords have been t seized,
the marshes are burned with fire,
and the soldiers are in panic.
 33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
u The daughter of Babylon is like u a threshing floor
at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while
and v the time of her harvest will come."

34 "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon w has devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
x he has swallowed me like y a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out. 15
35 The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,"
let the inhabitant of Zion say.
"My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,"
let Jerusalem say.
 36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
"Behold, z I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
a I will dry up her sea
and b make her fountain dry,
 37 and Babylon shall become c a heap of ruins,
d the haunt of jackals,
e a horror e and a hissing,
without inhabitant.

38 f "They shall roar together g like lions;
they shall growl like lions' cubs.
 39 h While they are inflamed h I will prepare them a feast
and i make them drunk, that they may become merry,
i then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the Lord.
 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and male goats.

41 "How j Babylon 16 is taken,
k the praise of the whole earth l seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
 42 m The sea has come up on Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
 43 Her cities have become a horror,
n a land of drought and a desert,
o a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
 44 And I will punish p Bel in Babylon,
and q take out of his mouth r what he has swallowed.
s The nations shall no longer flow to him;
t the wall of Babylon has fallen.

45 "Go out of the midst of her, u my people!
Let every one save his life
from v the fierce anger of the Lord!
 46 Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful
w at the report heard in the land,
x when a report comes in one year
and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
x and ruler is against ruler.

47 "Therefore, behold, the days are coming
when y I will punish the images of Babylon;
z her whole land shall be put to shame,
and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
 48 a Then the heavens and the earth,
and all that is in them,
shall sing for joy over Babylon,
b for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,
declares the Lord.
 49 Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel,
c just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.

50 d "You who have escaped from the sword,
go, do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
 51 e 'We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach;
e dishonor has covered our face,
f for foreigners have come
into the holy places of the Lord's house.'

52 "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when y I will execute judgment upon her images,
g and through all her land
the wounded shall groan.
 53 Though Babylon should h mount up to heaven,
and though she should i fortify her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
declares the Lord.

54 j "A voice! A cry from Babylon!
The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
 55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste
and stilling her mighty voice.
k Their waves roar like many waters;
the noise of their voice is raised,
 56 for a destroyer has come upon her,
upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken in pieces,
l for the Lord is a God of recompense;
he will surely repay.
 57 m I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
n her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares o the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

58 "Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad p wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
q and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
r The peoples labor for nothing,
and s the nations weary themselves only for fire."

59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah t the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, u in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster. 60 v Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, w all these words that are written concerning Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: "When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words, 62 and say, 'O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so x that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be y desolate forever.' 63 When you finish reading this book, z a tie a stone to it z and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

64 and say, z 'Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, b and they shall become exhausted.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:5
    "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
    Jeremiah 25:13
    I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
    Jeremiah 25:15 - 26
    Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:29
    In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him, and Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
    2 Chronicles 35:20
    After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon).
    Jeremiah 36:1
    In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord :
    Jeremiah 45:1
    The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  4. 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.
  5. Cross References
    Nahum 3:2
    The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:3
    Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
  7. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:19
    Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
    2 Samuel 1:25
    How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! "Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
  8. 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.
    Jeremiah 47:3
    At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:25
    Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:2
    About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  11. Cross References
    Daniel 11:19
    Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:2
    Thus says the Lord : Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
    Isaiah 8:7 - 8
    Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
    Daniel 11:22
    Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:2
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:7
    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
  15. Cross References
    Nahum 3:2
    The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
    Judges 5:22
    Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:10
    Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:19
    And I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:9
    Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.
    Joel 1:15
    Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:15
    Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:24
    Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:14
    "Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; say, 'Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour around you.'
    Isaiah 34:5
    For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:6
    The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:6
    The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:2
    About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:22
    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:22
    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:21
    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:6
    The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 43:10 - 11
    And say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.
    Jeremiah 44:30
    Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.
    Isaiah 19:4
    And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master, and a fierce king will rule over them, declares the Lord God of hosts.
    Ezekiel 29:10
    Therefore, behold, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
  32. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:3 - 4
    Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
  34. 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.
  35. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:37
    They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
  36. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:16
    Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
  37. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:7
    Egypt's help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her "Rahab who sits still.
  38. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:2
    And if you swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:15
    The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up, and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
    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.
    Isaiah 47:4
    Our Redeemer - the Lord of hosts is his name - is the Holy One of Israel.
    Isaiah 48:2
    For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.
  40. Cross References
    Judges 4:6
    She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.
  41. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:42
    So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
    1 Kings 18:44
    And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:3
    As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
  43. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:18
    Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
  44. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros.
  45. Cross References
    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.
  46. Cross References
    Hosea 10:11
    Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.
  47. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:6
    The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
    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 46:24
    The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north.
    Jeremiah 1:13
    The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.
  48. Cross References
    Amos 6:4
    Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall.
    Malachi 4:2
    But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
  49. 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.
  50. Cross References
    Isaiah 29:4
    And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak, and from the dust your speech will be bowed down; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and from the dust your speech shall whisper.
  51. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:34
    He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
    Isaiah 14:8
    The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.
  52. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:22
    She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.
  53. Cross References
    Judges 6:5
    For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number - both they and their camels could not be counted - so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
    Judges 7:12
    And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
  54. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:20
    A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.
  55. Cross References
    Nahum 3:8
    Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
  56. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:14 - 15
    I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
    Ezekiel 30:16
    And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
  57. Cross References
    Jeremiah 43:12
    I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace.
  58. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:30
    Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.
    Ezekiel 30:4
    A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.
    Ezekiel 32:11
    For thus says the Lord God : The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
  59. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:13 - 14
    For thus says the Lord God : At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
    Isaiah 19:22 - 25
    And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
  60. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:9
    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
  61. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:10 - 11
    Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
    Isaiah 43:5
    Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
  62. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:27
    But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
  63. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:24
    Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
  64. 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).
    Ezekiel 25:15 - 16
    Thus says the Lord God : Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity.
    Zephaniah 2:5
    Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
  65. Cross References
    Amos 1:6 - 7
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.
    Zephaniah 2:4
    For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
  66. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:7 - 8
    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
    Isaiah 8:7
    Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
  67. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:7 - 8
    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
    Isaiah 8:7
    Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
  68. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:13
    The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.
  69. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:16
    The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
  70. Cross References
    Nahum 3:2
    The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
  71. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:5
    Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back - terror on every side! declares the Lord.
  72. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:1
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
  73. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:1 - 2
    The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
    Joel 3:4
    What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
    Jeremiah 25:22
    All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea.
  74. Cross References
    Amos 1:8
    I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish," says the Lord God.
  75. Cross References
    Genesis 10:14
    Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
    Amos 9:7
    Are you not like the Cushites to me, O people of Israel?" declares the Lord. "Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?
  76. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
    Isaiah 3:24
    Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
  77. 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).
    Judges 1:18
    Judah also captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.
  78. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
  79. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:41
    If I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.
    Ezekiel 21:3 - 5
    And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord : Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.
  80. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:17
    Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast.
  81. 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).
    Judges 1:18
    Judah also captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.
  82. Cross References
    Micah 6:9
    The voice of the Lord cries to the city - and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
  83. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:21
    Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
    2 Kings 24:2
    And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chal...
    Isaiah 15:1 - 16:1
    An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab i...
    Ezekiel 25:8 - 11
    "Thus says the Lord God : Because Moab and Seir...
    Amos 2:1 - 3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions ...
    Zephaniah 2:8 - 9
    I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilin...
  84. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:22
    And Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim.
    Numbers 32:3
    Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
  85. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:23
    And Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon.
    Numbers 32:37
    And the people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim.
    Joshua 13:19
    And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley.
    Ezekiel 25:9
    Therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
  86. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:20
    Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
    Jeremiah 48:39
    How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.
  87. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:34
    From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
    Jeremiah 48:45
    In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stop without strength, for fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab, the crown of the sons of tumult.
    Jeremiah 49:3
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his officials.
    Numbers 32:37
    And the people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim.
    Isaiah 15:4
    Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
  88. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:36
    "If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever."
  89. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:31
    Madmenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
  90. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:5
    My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
    Jeremiah 48:34
    From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
  91. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:3
    "A voice! A cry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
  92. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:3
    "A voice! A cry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
  93. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:6
    He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
  94. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:4
    Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, 'Who will come against me?
  95. Cross References
    Numbers 21:29
    Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.
  96. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:2
    They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity.
  97. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:3
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his officials.
  98. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:26
    O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
  99. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:21
    Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath.
    Joshua 13:9
    From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon.
    Joshua 13:17
    With Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon.
    Joshua 13:21
    That is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
    Deuteronomy 3:10
    All the cities of the tableland and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
  100. Cross References
    Judges 5:23
    Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord, curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
    1 Samuel 15:3
    Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'
    1 Samuel 15:9
    But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
    1 Kings 20:42
    And he said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.'
  101. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:58
    Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
  102. Cross References
    Zephaniah 1:12
    At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.
  103. Cross References
    Numbers 21:29
    Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.
    Isaiah 16:14
    But now the Lord has spoken, saying, "In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.
  104. Cross References
    Hosea 10:6
    The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
  105. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:29
    And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
  106. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:8
    The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.
    Jeremiah 48:18
    Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
    Jeremiah 48:20
    Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
    Isaiah 15:1
    An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone.
  107. 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.
  108. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:18
    As I live, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
  109. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:18
    As I live, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
  110. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:4 - 5
    Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
    Isaiah 16:7
    Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, let everyone wail. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
  111. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:4
    For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
    Isaiah 14:5
    The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.
  112. Cross References
    Isaiah 47:1
    Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
  113. Cross References
    Numbers 21:30
    So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba.
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
  114. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:13
    When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.
    1 Samuel 4:16
    And the man said to Eli, "I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today." And he said, "How did it go, my son?
    Nahum 2:1
    The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.
  115. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:13
    When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.
    1 Samuel 4:16
    And the man said to Eli, "I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today." And he said, "How did it go, my son?
    Nahum 2:1
    The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.
  116. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:36
    From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The Lord our God gave all into our hands.
    Joshua 13:9
    From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon.
  117. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:17
    Grieve for him, all you who are around him, and all who know his name; say, 'How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.
  118. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:2
    Like fleeing birds, like a scattered nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
  119. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:15
    The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up, and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
  120. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:8
    The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.
    Numbers 21:23
    But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
  121. Cross References
    Joshua 13:18
    And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
  122. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:18
    Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
  123. Cross References
    Numbers 33:46
    And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
  124. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:1
    Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down.
  125. Cross References
    Joshua 13:17
    With Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon.
    1 Chronicles 5:8
    And Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
  126. Cross References
    Amos 2:2
    So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet.
  127. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:13
    For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.
    Jeremiah 49:22
    Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.
    Isaiah 63:1
    Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.
  128. Cross References
    Psalms 75:10
    All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
  129. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:21
    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
  130. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:27
    "Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.'
    Jeremiah 51:39
    While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.
    Isaiah 19:14
    The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
  131. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:27
    "Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.'
    Jeremiah 51:39
    While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.
    Isaiah 19:14
    The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
  132. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:42
    Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord.
  133. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:39
    How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.
  134. Cross References
    Zephaniah 2:8
    I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
    Ezekiel 25:8
    "Thus says the Lord God : Because Moab and Seir said, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
  135. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:26
    As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets.
  136. Cross References
    Psalms 64:8
    They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
    Lamentations 2:15
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
    Matthew 27:39
    And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads
  137. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:9
    Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.
  138. Cross References
    Psalms 55:6 - 7
    And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
    Song of Solomon 2:14
    O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
  139. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:6
    We have heard of the pride of Moab - how proud he is! - of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; in his idle boasting he is not right.
  140. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:36
    A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
  141. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:5
    My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
    Isaiah 16:7
    Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, let everyone wail. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
    Isaiah 16:11
    Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
  142. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:25
    And they overthrew the cities, and on every good piece of land every man threw a stone until it was covered. They stopped every spring of water and felled all the good trees, till only its stones were left in Kir-hareseth, and the slingers surrounded and attacked it.
  143. Cross References
    Numbers 21:32
    And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
  144. Cross References
    Numbers 21:32
    And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
  145. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:8 - 9
    For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.
  146. Cross References
    Joshua 13:19
    And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley.
  147. Cross References
    Psalms 80:11
    It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.
  148. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:10
    And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field, and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no cheers are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; I have put an end to the shouting.
  149. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:4 - 6
    Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
  150. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:3
    "A voice! A cry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
  151. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
    Isaiah 16:12
    And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
    Ezekiel 20:29
    (I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.)
  152. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:31
    Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
  153. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:7
    Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows.
  154. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:2 - 3
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
  155. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:5
    Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
  156. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:3
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his officials.
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  157. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:28
    Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know?
  158. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:6
    Flee! Save yourselves! You will be like a juniper in the desert!
  159. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:26
    Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
  160. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:22
    Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.
    Deuteronomy 28:49
    The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand.
    Ezekiel 17:3
    Say, Thus says the Lord God : A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
  161. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:8
    And it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
  162. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:24
    And Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
  163. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:7 - 8
    Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.
  164. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:24
    We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.
  165. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:8
    For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
  166. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:26
    Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
  167. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:17 - 18
    Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
    Lamentations 3:47
    Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
  168. Cross References
    Jeremiah 11:23
    And none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.
  169. Cross References
    Numbers 24:17
    I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
  170. Cross References
    Numbers 24:17
    I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
  171. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:1
    Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down.
  172. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:13
    Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
  173. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:27
    But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
    Jeremiah 49:39
    "But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the Lord."
  174. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:21
    Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
    Ezekiel 21:28
    And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning -
    Ezekiel 25:2
    Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
  175. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:5
    For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
    1 Kings 11:33
    Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
    2 Kings 23:13
    And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  176. Cross References
    Amos 1:13
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
  177. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:19
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
  178. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:20
    Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.
    Ezekiel 25:5
    I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
    Amos 1:14
    So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
  179. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:18
    Thus says the Lord : Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt on its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
  180. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:2
    The renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned disaster against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.
  181. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:2
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will cause the battle cry to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it shall become a desolate mound, and its villages shall be burned with fire; then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him, says the Lord.
  182. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  183. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:5
    For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
    1 Kings 11:33
    Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
    2 Kings 23:13
    And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  184. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:7
    For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
  185. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:14
    Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
  186. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:7
    For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
  187. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:43
    Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the Lord.
  188. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:39
    "But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the Lord."
    Jeremiah 48:47
    Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the Lord." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
  189. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:21
    Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
    Isaiah 34:5
    For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;...
    Amos 1:11
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions ...
    Obadiah 1:1
    The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God c...
    Malachi 1:2
    I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, ...
    Ezekiel 25:12 - 14
    Thus says the Lord God : Because Edom acted rev...
  190. 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.
    Obadiah 1:9
    And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
  191. 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.
    Obadiah 1:9
    And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
  192. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:11 - 12
    The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
  193. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:11 - 12
    The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
  194. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:30
    Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor! declares the Lord. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has made a plan against you and formed a purpose against you.
  195. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:23
    Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair.
    Genesis 25:3
    Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
  196. 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 50:31
    Behold, I am against you, O proud one, declares the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
    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.
    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.
  197. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:5 - 6
    If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night - how you have been destroyed! - would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
  198. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:5 - 6
    If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night - how you have been destroyed! - would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
  199. Cross References
    Judges 8:2
    And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
  200. Cross References
    Malachi 1:3
    But Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.
  201. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:9
    If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
  202. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:15
    Thus says the Lord : "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.
    Isaiah 17:14
    At evening time, behold, terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us, and the lot of those who plunder us.
  203. Cross References
    Psalms 10:14
    But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
    Psalms 10:18
    To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
    Psalms 68:5
    Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
  204. Cross References
    Psalms 10:14
    But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
    Psalms 10:18
    To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
    Psalms 68:5
    Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
  205. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:28
    And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink!
    Obadiah 1:16
    For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and swallow, and shall be as though they had never been.
  206. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:29
    For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.
  207. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:5
    But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
  208. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:22
    Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.
    Jeremiah 48:24
    And Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
  209. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:9
    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
  210. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:1 - 4
    The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!
  211. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:4
    The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
  212. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:28
    Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
  213. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:3
    And say to it, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.
    Ezekiel 35:7
    I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
    Ezekiel 35:9
    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
  214. 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.
  215. 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.
  216. Cross References
    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.
  217. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
  218. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:33
    Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; no man shall dwell there; no man shall sojourn in her.
  219. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:33
    Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; no man shall dwell there; no man shall sojourn in her.
  220. Cross References
    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?
    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?
  221. Cross References
    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.
  222. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:5
    If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
  223. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:6
    There is none like you, O Lord ; you are great, and your name is great in might.
  224. Cross References
    Job 9:19
    If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
  225. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:21
    Their prince shall be one of themselves; their ruler shall come out from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the Lord.
  226. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:3
    And say to it, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.
    Ezekiel 35:7
    I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
    Ezekiel 35:9
    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
  227. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:7
    Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
  228. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:45
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
  229. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:16
    The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
    Jeremiah 50:46
    At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.
    Ezekiel 26:15
    Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?
  230. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:40
    For thus says the Lord : "Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
  231. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:13
    For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.
  232. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:24
    Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee, and panic seized her; anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in labor.
    Jeremiah 6:24
    We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.
  233. Cross References
    Isaiah 17:1
    An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins.
    Amos 1:3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
  234. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:65
    So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.
    Zechariah 9:2
    And on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
  235. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:34
    Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
  236. Cross References
    Zechariah 9:4
    But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire.
  237. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:23
    Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
  238. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:5
    Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back - terror on every side! declares the Lord.
  239. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:22
    Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.
  240. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:9
    And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
  241. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:30
    Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.
  242. 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.'
  243. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:23
    Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
  244. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:18
    Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house and gave them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying.
    1 Kings 20:1
    Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. Thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and closed in on Samaria and fought against it.
    2 Kings 6:24
    Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria.
    2 Kings 8:7
    Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, "The man of God has come here.
    2 Kings 13:3
    And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.
  245. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:16
    For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
    Isaiah 60:7
    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
  246. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:16
    For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
    Isaiah 60:7
    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
  247. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:14
    I have heard a message from the Lord, and an envoy has been sent among the nations: "Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle!
    Jeremiah 49:31
    Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, that dwells securely, declares the Lord, that has no gates or bars, that dwells alone.
  248. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:14
    But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put out their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them.
    Ezekiel 25:4
    Therefore behold, I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
    Ezekiel 25:10
    I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations.
    Judges 6:3
    For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
  249. Cross References
    Psalms 120:5
    Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
    Song of Solomon 1:5
    I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
  250. Cross References
    Psalms 120:5
    Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
    Song of Solomon 1:5
    I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
  251. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:25
    Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
  252. Cross References
    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.
  253. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:28
    Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says the Lord : "Rise up, advance against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east!
  254. Cross References
    Job 16:12
    I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target.
  255. Cross References
    Ezekiel 38:8
    After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them.
    Ezekiel 38:11
    And say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates.
  256. Cross References
    Ezekiel 38:8
    After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them.
    Ezekiel 38:11
    And say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates.
  257. Cross References
    Ezekiel 38:12
    To seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.
  258. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:36
    And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of Elam shall not come.
  259. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:26
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
  260. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:11
    I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
  261. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:18
    As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.
  262. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:18
    As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.
  263. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:25
    All the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, ...
    Genesis 14:1
    In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch ...
    Isaiah 11:11
    In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a...
    Isaiah 21:2
    A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betra...
    Ezekiel 32:24
    Elam is there, and all her multitude around her...
    Daniel 8:2
    And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was ...
  264. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:17 - 18
    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
  265. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:6
    And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
  266. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  267. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  268. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  269. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:17
    But you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.
  270. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  271. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:13
    They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
  272. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:16
    I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
  273. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  274. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:47
    Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the Lord." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
  275. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  276. 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.
  277. 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.
  278. 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.
  279. 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.
  280. 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.
  281. 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.
  282. 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.
  283. 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.
  284. 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.
  285. 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.
  286. 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.
  287. 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.
  288. 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.
  289. 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.
  290. 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.
  291. 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?
  292. 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:
  293. 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.
  294. 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.
  295. 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!
  296. 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?
  297. 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!
  298. 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!
  299. 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.
  300. 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.
  301. 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.
  302. 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.
  303. 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.
  304. 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.
  305. 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.
  306. 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.
  307. 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.
  308. 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.
  309. 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.
  310. 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."
  311. 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.
  312. 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.
  313. 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.
  314. 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.
  315. 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.
  316. 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.
  317. 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.
  318. 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.
  319. 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.
  320. 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.
  321. 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.
  322. 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.
  323. 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.
  324. 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.
  325. 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.
  326. 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.
  327. 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.
  328. 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.
  329. 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.
  330. 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.
  331. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:54
    A voice! A cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
  332. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:6
    That struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
  333. 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.
  334. 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.
  335. Cross References
    Psalms 141:9
    Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
  336. 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.
  337. 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.
  338. 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?
  339. 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.
  340. 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.
  341. 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.
  342. 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.
  343. 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.
  344. 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.
  345. 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.
  346. 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.
  347. 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.
  348. 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.
  349. 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.
  350. 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.
  351. 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.
  352. 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.
  353. 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.
  354. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:17
    Who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?
  355. 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.
  356. 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.
  357. 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.
  358. 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.
  359. 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.
  360. 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.
  361. 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).
  362. 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.
  363. 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.
  364. 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.
  365. 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.
  366. 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.
  367. 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.
  368. 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.
  369. 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.
  370. 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?
  371. 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?
  372. 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.
  373. 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.
  374. 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.
  375. 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.
  376. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:11
    At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse.
    Isaiah 21:1
    The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
  377. Cross References
    Matthew 3:12
    His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
    Jeremiah 15:7
    I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways.
  378. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:28
    But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.
  379. 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.
    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.
  380. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:21
    Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill, and devote them to destruction, declares the Lord, and do all that I have commanded you.
  381. 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.
  382. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:5 - 7
    For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
  383. Cross References
    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!
    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.
  384. Cross References
    Genesis 19:15
    As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.
  385. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:15
    Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
  386. Cross References
    Psalms 75:8
    For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
    Revelation 17:4
    The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
  387. Cross References
    Revelation 14:8
    Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.
  388. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:15 - 16
    Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
  389. 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.
  390. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:6
    Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
    Revelation 18:9
    And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
    Revelation 18:11
    And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore.
    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.
    Jeremiah 48:20
    Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
  391. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:11
    Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have used many medicines; there is no healing for you.
  392. 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!
    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.
  393. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:16
    Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
    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.
  394. Cross References
    Revelation 18:5
    For her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
  395. Cross References
    Psalms 37:6
    He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
    Jeremiah 23:6
    In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The Lord is our righteousness.
  396. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:28
    A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple.
  397. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:4
    Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor!
  398. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:17
    Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
  399. 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.
    Daniel 5:31
    And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
  400. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:45
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
  401. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:28
    A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple.
  402. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:28
    A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple.
  403. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:27
    Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.
    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.'
    Isaiah 13:2
    On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
  404. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:5
    They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
    Nahum 2:1
    The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.
  405. 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.
  406. Cross References
    Revelation 17:1
    Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters.
    Revelation 17:15
    And the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
    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.
  407. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:5
    But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
  408. Cross References
    Psalms 105:34
    He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number.
    Joel 1:4
    What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
    Joel 2:25
    I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
  409. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:9
    Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for over your summer fruit and your harvest the shout has ceased.
  410. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:15 - 19
    It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
    Jeremiah 10:12 - 16
    It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
  411. Cross References
    Daniel 7:7
    After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
    Daniel 7:19
    Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet.
    Daniel 7:23
    Thus he said: 'As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
  412. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:17
    Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.
    Isaiah 13:16
    Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
    Isaiah 13:18
    Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.
  413. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:17
    Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.
    Isaiah 13:16
    Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
    Isaiah 13:18
    Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.
  414. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:28
    Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.
    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.
  415. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:15
    Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
    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.
    Psalms 137:8
    O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
  416. Cross References
    Revelation 8:8
    The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
    Revelation 18:8 - 9
    For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
  417. Cross References
    Psalms 118:22
    The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
    Isaiah 28:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
  418. 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.
    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.
  419. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:12
    Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
  420. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:5
    Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, 'Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!
  421. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:4
    Prepare war against her; arise, and let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day declines, for the shadows of evening lengthen!
  422. 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.
  423. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:41
    Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
  424. Cross References
    Genesis 8:4
    And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
    2 Kings 19:37
    And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
  425. Cross References
    Genesis 10:3
    The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
    1 Chronicles 1:6
    The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
  426. Cross References
    Nahum 3:17
    Your princes are like grasshoppers, your scribes like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold - when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they are.
  427. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:14
    The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts, and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.
  428. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:27
    Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.
  429. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:27
    Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.
  430. 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.
  431. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:23
    With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
    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.
  432. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:23
    With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
    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.
  433. Cross References
    Jeremiah 34:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:
  434. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:16
    The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
  435. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:45
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
  436. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:37
    A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered!
    Isaiah 19:16
    In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.
  437. Cross References
    Isaiah 47:14
    Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!
  438. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:9
    Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has ruined and broken her bars; her king and princes are among the nations; the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the Lord.
    Nahum 3:13
    Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
  439. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 30:6
    So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, "O people of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
  440. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:41
    How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
  441. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:10
    O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
  442. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:10
    O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
  443. Cross References
    Isaiah 17:5
    And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain and his arm harvests the ears, and as when one gleans the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
    Joel 3:13
    Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
    Revelation 14:15
    And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.
  444. 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.
  445. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:44
    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.
  446. Cross References
    Psalms 74:13
    You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
  447. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:34
    Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
  448. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:27
    Who says to the deep, 'Be dry; I will dry up your rivers'.
    Jeremiah 50:38
    A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.
  449. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:13
    O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
  450. Cross References
    Isaiah 25:2
    For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners' palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
  451. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:22
    Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged.
  452. 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.
  453. 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.
  454. Cross References
    Amos 3:4
    Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
  455. Cross References
    Nahum 2:11 - 12
    Where is the lions' den, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
  456. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:5
    They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
  457. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:5
    They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
  458. 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.
  459. 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.
  460. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:26
    All the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon shall drink.
  461. Cross References
    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.
  462. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:32
    The fords have been seized, the marshes are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
  463. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:55
    For the Lord is laying Babylon waste and stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is raised.
    Isaiah 8:7 - 8
    Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
  464. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:12
    Your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Behold, she shall be the last of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
  465. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:40
    As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
  466. 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.'
    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.
  467. 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.
    Ezra 1:7 - 8
    Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods.
  468. 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.
  469. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:12
    They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more.
    Isaiah 2:2
    It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it.
  470. 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."
  471. 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.
  472. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:13
    They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
  473. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:7
    Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'
  474. Cross References
    Matthew 24:6 - 7
    And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
  475. Cross References
    Matthew 24:6 - 7
    And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
  476. 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.'
  477. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:12
    Your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Behold, she shall be the last of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
  478. Cross References
    Revelation 18:20
    Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!
    Isaiah 44:23
    Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.
  479. 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.
  480. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:24
    I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
  481. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:28
    And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
  482. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:19
    Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?
    Psalms 44:15 - 16
    All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
  483. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:19
    Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?
    Psalms 44:15 - 16
    All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
  484. Cross References
    Lamentations 1:10
    The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, those whom you forbade to enter your congregation.
  485. Cross References
    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.
  486. Cross References
    Job 24:12
    From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong.
    Ezekiel 26:15
    Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?
  487. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:25
    Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the Lord, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.
    Isaiah 14:13
    You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north.
  488. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:16
    The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord.
  489. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:22
    The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
  490. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:42
    The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
    Jeremiah 5:22
    Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
  491. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:15
    Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
    Isaiah 59:18
    According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
  492. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:39
    While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.
  493. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:23
    With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
    Jeremiah 51:28
    Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.
  494. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:18
    As I live, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
  495. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:44
    And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.
    Jeremiah 50:15
    Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
  496. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:2
    I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
  497. Cross References
    Habakkuk 2:13
    Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?
  498. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:64
    And say, 'Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
  499. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:12
    And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard.
  500. Cross References
    Jeremiah 28:1
    In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying.
  501. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:2
    Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
  502. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:1 - 58
    Thus says the Lord : "Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai.
    Jeremiah 50:1 - 46
    The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
  503. 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.
  504. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:26
    No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, declares the Lord.
  505. Cross References
    Jeremiah 19:10 - 11
    Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you.
  506. Cross References
    Jeremiah 19:10 - 11
    Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you.
  507. Cross References
    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.
  508. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:63
    When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
  509. 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."
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