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Jeremiah 51:20
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Jeremiah 51:20
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Babylon’s Great Punishment
20 “You[a] are my battle-ax and sword,”
says the Lord.
“With you I will shatter nations
and destroy many kingdoms.
Jeremiah 51:20
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Jeremiah 51:20
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Isaiah 41:15-16
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Isaiah 41:15-16
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15 You will be a new threshing instrument
with many sharp teeth.
You will tear your enemies apart,
making chaff of mountains.
16 You will toss them into the air,
and the wind will blow them all away;
a whirlwind will scatter them.
Then you will rejoice in the Lord.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41:15-16
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Isaiah 41:15-16
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15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,(A)
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains(B) and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.(C)
16 You will winnow(D) them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale(E) will blow them away.(F)
But you will rejoice(G) in the Lord
and glory(H) in the Holy One(I) of Israel.
Micah 4:13
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Micah 4:13
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13 “Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!”[a]
says the Lord.
“For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,
so you can trample many nations to pieces.
You will present their stolen riches to the Lord,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.”
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- 4:13 Hebrew “Rise up and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
Micah 4:13
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Micah 4:13
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Isaiah 37:26
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Isaiah 37:26
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26 “But have you not heard?
I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
into heaps of rubble.
Isaiah 37:26
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Isaiah 37:26
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Isaiah 14:5-6
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Isaiah 14:5-6
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5 For the Lord has crushed your wicked power
and broken your evil rule.
6 You struck the people with endless blows of rage
and held the nations in your angry grip
with unrelenting tyranny.
Matthew 22:7
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Matthew 22:7
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7 “The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
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Matthew 22:7
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Matthew 22:7
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7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(A) and burned their city.
Jeremiah 25:9
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a] you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
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- 25:9 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Jeremiah 25:9
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Isaiah 10:5
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Isaiah 10:5
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Judgment against Assyria
5 “What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger.
I use it as a club to express my anger.
Zechariah 9:13-14
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Zechariah 9:13-14
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13 Judah is my bow,
and Israel is my arrow.
Jerusalem[a] is my sword,
and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.[b]
14 The Lord will appear above his people;
his arrows will fly like lightning!
The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn
and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.
Zechariah 9:13-14
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Zechariah 9:13-14
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13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(A)
and fill it with Ephraim.(B)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece,(C)
and make you like a warrior’s sword.(D)
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Jeremiah 50:23
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Jeremiah 50:23
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23 Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth,
lies broken and shattered.
Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Jeremiah 50:23
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Jeremiah 50:23
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Jeremiah 25:11
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Jeremiah 25:11
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11 This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
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Jeremiah 25:11
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Jeremiah 25:11
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11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(A) and these nations will serve(B) the king of Babylon seventy years.(C)
Isaiah 10:15
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Isaiah 10:15
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15 But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it?
Is the saw greater than the person who saws?
Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it?
Can a wooden cane walk by itself?
Isaiah 10:15
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Isaiah 10:15
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
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5 With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose. 6 Now I will give your countries to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who is my servant. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control. 7 All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his time is up. Then many nations and great kings will conquer and rule over Babylon.
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
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5 With my great power and outstretched arm(A) I made(B) the earth and its people and the animals(C) that are on it, and I give(D) it to anyone I please. 6 Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant(E) Nebuchadnezzar(F) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.(G) 7 All nations will serve(H) him and his son and his grandson until the time(I) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(J) him.
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