Jeremiah 51:45-53

The Utter Destruction of Babylon

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.'
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.'
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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?
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
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