Jeremiah 50:15
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15 Shout against her all around;
She has (A)given her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
(B)Her walls are thrown down;
For (C)it is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.
Jeremiah 51:58
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58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly (A)broken,[a]
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
(B)The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”
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- Jeremiah 51:58 Lit. laid utterly bare
Revelation 18:6
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6 (A)Render to her just as she rendered [a]to you, and repay her double according to her works; (B)in the cup which she has mixed, (C)mix double for her.
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- Revelation 18:6 NU, M omit to you
Jeremiah 51:6
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6 (A)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For (B)this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
(C)He shall recompense her.
Jeremiah 46:10
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10 For this is (A)the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
(B)The sword shall devour;
It shall be [a]satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts (C)has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.
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- Jeremiah 46:10 Filled to the full
Lamentations 5:6
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Jeremiah 51:44
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44 I will punish (A)Bel[a] in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, (B)the wall of Babylon shall fall.
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- Jeremiah 51:44 A Babylonian god
Jeremiah 51:14
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14 (A)The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, (B)as with locusts,
And they shall lift (C)up a shout against you.”
Jeremiah 51:11
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11 (A)Make[a] the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
(B)The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
(C)For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is (D)the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.
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- Jeremiah 51:11 Polish the arrows!
2 Chronicles 30:8
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8 Now do not be (A)stiff-necked,[a] as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, (B)that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.
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- 2 Chronicles 30:8 Rebellious
1 Chronicles 29:24
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24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, (A)submitted[a] themselves to King Solomon.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:24 Lit. gave the hand
Revelation 19:2
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2 For (A)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (B)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”
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Revelation 16:6
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6 For (A)they have shed the blood (B)of saints and prophets,
(C)And You have given them blood to drink.
[a]For it is their just due.”
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- Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For
James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown (B)no (C)mercy. (D)Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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2 Thessalonians 1:8
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8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 12:19
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19 Beloved, (A)do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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Romans 3:5
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5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (A)(I speak as a man.)
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Luke 21:22
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22 For these are the days of vengeance, that (A)all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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Matthew 7:2
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2 For with what [a]judgment you judge, you will be judged; (A)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
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- Matthew 7:2 Condemnation
Nahum 1:2
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God’s Wrath on His Enemies
2 God is (A)jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
Ezekiel 21:22
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22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to (A)lift the voice with shouting, (B)to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.
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Ezekiel 17:18
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18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact (A)gave[a] his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ”
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- Ezekiel 17:18 Took an oath
Jeremiah 51:64
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64 Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 51:36
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36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (A)I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
(B)I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
Jeremiah 51:25
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25 “Behold, I am against you, (A)O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
(B)And make you a burnt mountain.
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