Jeremiah 51:1
Christian Standard Bible
God’s Judgment on Babylon
51 This is what the Lord says:
I am about to rouse the spirit of a destroyer[a] against Babylon(A)
and against the population of Leb-qamai.[b][c]
Jeremiah 51:11
Christian Standard Bible
11 Sharpen the arrows!(A)
Fill the quivers![a]
The Lord has roused the spirit
of the kings of the Medes
because his plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for his temple.(B)
Footnotes
- 51:11 Or Grasp the shields!
Jeremiah 51:29
Christian Standard Bible
29 The earth quakes(A) and trembles
because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand:
to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:35
Christian Standard Bible
35 Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon,”
says the inhabitant of Zion.
“Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
says Jerusalem.
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