Jeremiah 51:56

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Jeremiah 51:54–58 · Berean Standard Bible

54 “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

55 For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

56 For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

57 I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”

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Jeremiah 51:48

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:10

Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 21:2

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Revelation 17:16

And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Jeremiah 49:35

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

Genesis 49:24

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

Psalms 37:15

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Psalms 46:9

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Psalms 76:3

There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

Ezekiel 39:3

Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

Ezekiel 39:9

Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

Jeremiah 51:24

Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

Psalms 94:1

O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

Psalms 94:2

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

Psalms 137:8

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Isaiah 34:8

For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

Isaiah 59:18

So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Revelation 18:5

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Revelation 18:6

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

Revelation 19:2

For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”