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Jeremiah 27:7
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Jeremiah 27:7
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7 All nations will serve(A) him and his son and his grandson until the time(B) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(C) him.
Revelation 13:5-10
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Revelation 13:5-10
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5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies(A) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.(B) 6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.(C) 7 It was given power to wage war(D) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(E) 8 All inhabitants of the earth(F) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(G) the Lamb(H) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](I)
9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.(J)
10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[b] with the sword,
with the sword they will be killed.”[c](K)
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(L) on the part of God’s people.(M)
Footnotes
- Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain
- Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
- Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2
Zechariah 2:8-9
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Zechariah 2:8-9
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8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)— 9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](B) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(C)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: 9 “I … plunder them.”
Daniel 5:25-31
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Daniel 5:25-31
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25 “This is the inscription that was written:
mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26 “Here is what these words mean:
Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)
27 Tekel[b]: You have been weighed on the scales(C) and found wanting.(D)
28 Peres[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(E) and Persians.”(F)
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(G) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(H)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(I) king(J) of the Babylonians,[d] was slain,(K) 31 and Darius(L) the Mede(M) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[e]
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
- Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
Jeremiah 52:31
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Jeremiah 52:31
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Jehoiachin Released(A)
31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin(B) king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.
Jeremiah 25:11-14
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Jeremiah 25:11-14
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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)
12 “But when the seventy years(D) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(E) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[a] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(F) forever. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written(G) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved(H) by many nations(I) and great kings; I will repay(J) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans
Isaiah 14:4-6
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Isaiah 14:4-6
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
Revelation 18:2-8
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Revelation 18:2-8
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2 With a mighty voice he shouted:
“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a](A)
She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,(B)
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.(C)
3 For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.(D)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,(E)
and the merchants of the earth grew rich(F) from her excessive luxuries.”(G)
Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’[b](H)
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(I)
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,(J)
and God has remembered(K) her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back(L) double(M) for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(N)
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(O)
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[c]
I will never mourn.’(P)
8 Therefore in one day(Q) her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(R)
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Footnotes
- Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9
- Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45
- Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.
Revelation 17:16-17
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Revelation 17:16-17
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16 The beast and the ten horns(A) you saw will hate the prostitute.(B) They will bring her to ruin(C) and leave her naked;(D) they will eat her flesh(E) and burn her with fire.(F) 17 For God has put it into their hearts(G) to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority,(H) until God’s words are fulfilled.(I)
Revelation 16:19
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Revelation 16:19
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19 The great city(A) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered(B) Babylon the Great(C) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.(D)
Revelation 14:15-20
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Revelation 14:15-20
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15 Then another angel came out of the temple(A) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(B) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(C) of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.(D) 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(E) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(F) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(G) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(H) outside the city,(I) and blood(J) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[a]
Footnotes
- Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers
Revelation 14:8
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Revelation 14:8
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8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](A) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(B)
Footnotes
- Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9
Habakkuk 2:7
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Habakkuk 2:7
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7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.(A)
Jeremiah 50
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Jeremiah 50
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A Message About Babylon(A)
50 This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon(B) and the land of the Babylonians[a]:
2 “Announce and proclaim(C) among the nations,
lift up a banner(D) and proclaim it;
keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(E)
Bel(F) will be put to shame,(G)
Marduk(H) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
and her idols(I) filled with terror.’
3 A nation from the north(J) will attack her
and lay waste her land.
No one will live(K) in it;
both people and animals(L) will flee away.
4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(M)
will go in tears(N) to seek(O) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(P) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(Q) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(R)
that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have been lost sheep;(S)
their shepherds(T) have led them astray(U)
and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(V)
and forgot their own resting place.(W)
7 Whoever found them devoured(X) them;
their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(Y)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, the hope(Z) of their ancestors.’
8 “Flee(AA) out of Babylon;(AB)
leave the land of the Babylonians,
and be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 For I will stir(AC) up and bring against Babylon
an alliance of great nations(AD) from the land of the north.(AE)
They will take up their positions against her,
and from the north she will be captured.(AF)
Their arrows(AG) will be like skilled warriors
who do not return empty-handed.
10 So Babylonia[b] will be plundered;(AH)
all who plunder her will have their fill,”
declares the Lord.
11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
you who pillage my inheritance,(AI)
because you frolic like a heifer(AJ) threshing grain
and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.(AK)
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.(AL)
13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.(AM)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(AN)
they will scoff(AO) because of all her wounds.(AP)
14 “Take up your positions around Babylon,
all you who draw the bow.(AQ)
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,(AR)
for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout(AS) against her on every side!
She surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls(AT) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(AU) of the Lord,
take vengeance on her;
do to her(AV) as she has done to others.(AW)
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword(AX) of the oppressor
let everyone return to their own people,(AY)
let everyone flee to their own land.(AZ)
17 “Israel is a scattered flock(BA)
that lions(BB) have chased away.
The first to devour(BC) them
was the king(BD) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones(BE)
was Nebuchadnezzar(BF) king(BG) of Babylon.”
18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished the king(BH) of Assyria.(BI)
19 But I will bring(BJ) Israel back to their own pasture,
and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied(BK)
on the hills(BL) of Ephraim and Gilead.(BM)
20 In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,(BN)
and for the sins(BO) of Judah,
but none will be found,
for I will forgive(BP) the remnant(BQ) I spare.
21 “Attack the land of Merathaim
and those who live in Pekod.(BR)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy[c] them,”
declares the Lord.
“Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise(BS) of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
is the hammer(BT) of the whole earth!(BU)
How desolate(BV) is Babylon
among the nations!
24 I set a trap(BW) for you, Babylon,
and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(BX)
because you opposed(BY) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
and brought out the weapons(BZ) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
in the land of the Babylonians.(CA)
26 Come against her from afar.(CB)
Break open her granaries;
pile her up like heaps of grain.(CC)
Completely destroy(CD) her
and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(CE)
let them go down to the slaughter!(CF)
Woe to them! For their day(CG) has come,
the time(CH) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(CI) and refugees from Babylon
declaring in Zion(CJ)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(CK)
vengeance for his temple.(CL)
29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who draw the bow.(CM)
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.(CN)
Repay(CO) her for her deeds;(CP)
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(CQ) the Lord,
the Holy One(CR) of Israel.
30 Therefore, her young men(CS) will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.
31 “See, I am against(CT) you, you arrogant one,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(CU) has come,
the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant(CV) one will stumble and fall(CW)
and no one will help her up;(CX)
I will kindle a fire(CY) in her towns
that will consume all who are around her.”
33 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“The people of Israel are oppressed,(CZ)
and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
refusing to let them go.(DA)
34 Yet their Redeemer(DB) is strong;
the Lord Almighty(DC) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause(DD)
so that he may bring rest(DE) to their land,
but unrest to those who live in Babylon.
35 “A sword(DF) against the Babylonians!”(DG)
declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise(DH) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(DI)
They will be filled with terror.(DJ)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(DK)
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become weaklings.(DL)
A sword against her treasures!(DM)
They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[d] her waters!(DN)
They will dry(DO) up.
For it is a land of idols,(DP)
idols that will go mad with terror.
39 “So desert creatures(DQ) and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.(DR)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(DS)
along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.(DT)
41 “Look! An army is coming from the north;(DU)
a great nation and many kings
are being stirred(DV) up from the ends of the earth.(DW)
42 They are armed with bows(DX) and spears;
they are cruel(DY) and without mercy.(DZ)
They sound like the roaring sea(EA)
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Babylon.(EB)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.(EC)
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(ED)
44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets(EE)
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen(EF) one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?(EG)
And what shepherd can stand against me?”
45 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
what he has purposed(EH) against the land of the Babylonians:(EI)
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
their pasture will be appalled at their fate.
46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble;(EJ)
its cry(EK) will resound among the nations.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 25, 35 and 45
- Jeremiah 50:10 Or Chaldea
- Jeremiah 50:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
- Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against
Isaiah 47:1-5
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Isaiah 47:1-5
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The Fall of Babylon
47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(A)
Virgin Daughter(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.[a](C)
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.(D)
2 Take millstones(E) and grind(F) flour;
take off your veil.(G)
Lift up your skirts,(H) bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness(I) will be exposed
and your shame(J) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(K)
I will spare no one.(L)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5
Isaiah 21:9
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Isaiah 21:9
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Isaiah 14:22-23
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Isaiah 14:22-23
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22 “I will rise up(A) against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(B) and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,(C)”
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(D)
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(E)”
declares the Lord Almighty.(F)
Isaiah 13:8-22
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Isaiah 13:8-22
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8 Terror(A) will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip(B) them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.(C)
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.(D)
9 See, the day(E) of the Lord is coming
—a cruel(F) day, with wrath(G) and fierce anger(H)—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.(I)
The rising sun(J) will be darkened(K)
and the moon will not give its light.(L)
11 I will punish(M) the world for its evil,
the wicked(N) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty(O)
and will humble(P) the pride of the ruthless.(Q)
12 I will make people(R) scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.(S)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(T)
and the earth will shake(U) from its place
at the wrath(V) of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.(W)
14 Like a hunted(X) gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,(Y)
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee(Z) to their native land.(AA)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall(AB) by the sword.(AC)
16 Their infants(AD) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(AE)
17 See, I will stir up(AF) against them the Medes,(AG)
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.(AH)
18 Their bows(AI) will strike down the young men;(AJ)
they will have no mercy(AK) on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.(AL)
19 Babylon,(AM) the jewel of kingdoms,(AN)
the pride and glory(AO) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(AP) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(AQ)
20 She will never be inhabited(AR)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(AS) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(AT) will lie there,
jackals(AU) will fill her houses;
there the owls(AV) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(AW) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(AX) will inhabit her strongholds,(AY)
jackals(AZ) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(BA)
and her days will not be prolonged.(BB)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
Isaiah 13:1
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Isaiah 13:1
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Psalm 137:8-9
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Psalm 137:8-9
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Psalm 37:13
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Psalm 37:13
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13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.(A)
2 Chronicles 36:20-21
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2 Chronicles 36:20-21
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20 He carried into exile(A) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants(B) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(C) all the time of its desolation it rested,(D) until the seventy years(E) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.
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