Isaiah 43:14
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14 Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
(A)“For your sake I send to Babylon
and (B)bring them all down as fugitives,
(C)even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
Jeremiah 51:24
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24 (A)“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.
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Isaiah 44:6
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Besides Me There Is No God
6 Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
and (A)his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
(B)“I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.
Isaiah 23:13
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13 Behold the land of (A)the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not;[a] Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected (B)their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.
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- Isaiah 23:13 Or that has become nothing
Revelation 18:11-21
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11 And (A)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.[a]
14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 (B)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, (C)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
(D)that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For (E)in a single hour all this wealth (F)has been laid waste.”
And (G)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and (H)cried out (I)as they saw the smoke of her burning,
(J)“What city was like the great city?”
19 And they threw (K)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
(L)where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For (M)in a single hour she has been laid waste.
20 (N)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and (O)apostles and prophets,
for (P)God has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then (Q)a mighty angel (R)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon (S)the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
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- Revelation 18:13 Or and slaves, and human lives
Revelation 5:9
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9 And they sang (A)a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for (B)you were slain, and by your blood (C)you ransomed people for God
from (D)every tribe and language and people and nation,
Ezekiel 27:29-36
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29 and down from their ships
(A)come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 (B)and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
(C)They cast dust on their heads
(D)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (E)make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they (F)raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
(G)‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
(H)you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
(I)you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now (J)you are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 (K)All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and (L)the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 (M)The merchants among the peoples (N)hiss at you;
(O)you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”
Jeremiah 51:34-37
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34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon (A)has devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
(B)he has swallowed me like (C)a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out.[a]
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, (D)I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
(E)I will dry up her sea
and (F)make her fountain dry,
37 and Babylon shall become (G)a heap of ruins,
(H)the haunt of jackals,
(I)a horror (J)and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:34 Or he has expelled me
Jeremiah 51:1-11
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The Utter Destruction of Babylon
51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up (A)the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon,
against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,[a]
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and (B)they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
(C)on the day of trouble.
3 (D)Let not the archer bend his bow,
and let him not stand up in his armor.
Spare not her young men;
(E)devote to destruction[b] all her army.
4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
(F)and wounded in her streets.
5 (G)For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord of hosts,
but the land of the Chaldeans[c] is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.
6 (H)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
(I)Be not cut off in her punishment,
(J)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
7 Babylon was (K)a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
(L)making all the earth drunken;
(M)the nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
8 (N)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(O)wail for her!
(P)Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
but she was not healed.
(Q)Forsake her, and (R)let us go
each to his own country,
for (S)her judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.
10 (T)The Lord has brought about our vindication;
(U)come, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.
11 (V)“Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
(W)The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of (X)the Medes, because (Y)his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, (Z)for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for (AA)his temple.
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- Jeremiah 51:1 A code name for Chaldea
- Jeremiah 51:3 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
- Jeremiah 51:5 Hebrew their land
Jeremiah 50:27-34
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27 Kill all (A)her bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
(B)the time of their punishment.
28 “A voice! They (C)flee and escape from the land of Babylon, (D)to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for (E)his temple.
29 (F)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (G)Encamp around her; let no one escape. (H)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (I)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30 (J)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 (K)proud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
(L)for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32 (M)The proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
(N)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: (O)The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; (P)they refuse to let them go. 34 (Q)Their Redeemer is strong; (R)the Lord of hosts is his name. (S)He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 50:17-18
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17 (A)“Israel is a hunted sheep (B)driven away by lions. (C)First the king of Assyria (D)devoured him, and now at last (E)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (F)has gnawed his bones. 18 Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, (G)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, (H)as I punished the king of Assyria.
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Jeremiah 50:2-11
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2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
(B)Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’
3 “For (D)out of the north a nation has come up against her, (E)which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; (F)both man and beast shall flee away.
4 (G)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (H)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (I)weeping as they come, and they (J)shall seek the Lord their God. 5 (K)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (L)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (M)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’
6 (N)“My people have been lost sheep. (O)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, (P)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (Q)they have sinned against the Lord, (R)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (S)the hope of their fathers.’
8 (T)“Flee from the midst of Babylon, (U)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 (V)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 (W)Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.
11 (X)“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
Isaiah 54:5-8
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5 (A)For your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is his name;
(B)and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
(C)the God of the whole earth he is called.
6 (D)For the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.
7 (E)For a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
8 (F)In overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
(G)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Isaiah 44:24-45:5
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24 Thus says the Lord, (A)your Redeemer,
(B)who formed you from the womb:
(C)“I am the Lord, who made all things,
(D)who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth by myself,
25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
(E)who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
26 (F)who confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
(G)and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
and I will raise up their ruins’;
27 (H)who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
I will dry up your rivers’;
28 who says of (I)Cyrus, ‘He is (J)my shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
(K)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”
Cyrus, God's Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to (L)his anointed, to Cyrus,
(M)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and (N)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and (O)level the exalted places,[a]
(P)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 (Q)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, (R)who call you by your name.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
(S)I call you by your name,
(T)I name you, though you do not know me.
5 (U)I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
(V)I equip you, though you do not know me,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Isaiah 43:3-4
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3 For (A)I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
(B)I give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and (C)Seba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:1
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Israel's Only Savior
43 But now thus says the Lord,
(A)he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
(B)“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
(C)I have called you by name, you are mine.
Psalm 19:14
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14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my (A)rock and my (B)redeemer.
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