Jeremiah 25:14
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14 (A)For many nations (B)and great kings shall make slaves even of them, (C)and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
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Jeremiah 51:6
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6 (A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
(C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
Jeremiah 50:9
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9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon (A)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.
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Jeremiah 50:41
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41 (A)“Behold, a people comes from the north;
a mighty nation and many kings
are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
Revelation 18:20-24
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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then (D)a mighty angel (E)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon (F)the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and (G)the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and (H)the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and (I)the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for (J)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived (K)by your sorcery.
24 And (L)in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of (M)all who have been slain on earth.”
Habakkuk 2:8-16
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8 (A)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(B)for the blood of man and (C)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 (D)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(E)to (F)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(G)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For (H)the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 (I)“Woe to him (J)who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that (K)peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
14 (L)For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of (M)the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
15 (N)“Woe to him (O)who makes his neighbors drink—
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gaze (P)at their nakedness!
16 You will have your fill (Q)of shame instead of glory.
(R)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
(S)The cup in the Lord's right hand
will come around to you,
and (T)utter shame will come upon your glory!
Daniel 5:28
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28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (A)the Medes and (B)Persians.”[a]
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- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
Jeremiah 51:35-41
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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, (A)I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
(B)I will dry up her sea
and (C)make her fountain dry,
37 and Babylon shall become (D)a heap of ruins,
(E)the haunt of jackals,
(F)a horror (G)and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
38 (H)“They shall roar together (I)like lions;
they shall growl like lions' cubs.
39 (J)While they are inflamed (K)I will prepare them a feast
and (L)make them drunk, that they may become merry,
(M)then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and male goats.
41 “How (N)Babylon[a] is taken,
(O)the praise of the whole earth (P)seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
Jeremiah 51:20-28
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20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I (A)break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces (B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces (C)the young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces (D)governors and commanders.
24 (E)“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.
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,
(F)and make you a burnt mountain.
26 No (G)stone shall be taken from you for a corner
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be (H)a perpetual waste,
declares the Lord.
27 (I)“Set up a standard on the earth;
(J)blow the trumpet among the nations;
(K)prepare (L)the nations for war against her;
summon against her (M)the kingdoms,
(N)Ararat, Minni, and (O)Ashkenaz;
appoint a (P)marshal against her;
(Q)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 (R)Prepare (S)the nations for war against her,
the kings of (T)the Medes, (U)with their governors (V)and deputies,
and every (W)land under their dominion.
Jeremiah 50:29-34
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29 (A)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (B)Encamp around her; let no one escape. (C)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (D)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30 (E)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 (F)proud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
(G)for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32 (H)The proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
(I)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: (J)The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; (K)they refuse to let them go. 34 (L)Their Redeemer is strong; (M)the Lord of hosts is his name. (N)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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Isaiah 66:6
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6 “The sound of an uproar from the city!
A sound from the temple!
The sound of the Lord,
(A)rendering recompense to his enemies!
Isaiah 45:1-3
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Cyrus, God's Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to (A)his anointed, to Cyrus,
(B)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and (C)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and (D)level the exalted places,[a]
(E)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 (F)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, (G)who call you by your name.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Isaiah 14:2
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2 And (A)the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land (B)as male and female slaves.[a] (C)They will take captive those who were their captors, (D)and rule over those who oppressed them.
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- Isaiah 14:2 Or servants
Psalm 137:8
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8 O daughter of Babylon, (A)doomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who (B)repays you
with what you have done to us!
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