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 51:27-28
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27 (A)“Set up a standard on the earth;
(B)blow the trumpet among the nations;
(C)prepare (D)the nations for war against her;
summon against her (E)the kingdoms,
(F)Ararat, Minni, and (G)Ashkenaz;
appoint a (H)marshal against her;
(I)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 (J)Prepare (K)the nations for war against her,
the kings of (L)the Medes, (M)with their governors (N)and deputies,
and every (O)land under their dominion.
Jeremiah 51:11
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Jeremiah 51:1-4
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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.
Footnotes
- 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 50:41-42
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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.
42 They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!
Jeremiah 50:29
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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.
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Jeremiah 50:26
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26 Come against her from every quarter;
open her granaries;
(A)pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
let nothing be left of her.
Jeremiah 50:21
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21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim,[a]
and against the inhabitants of Pekod.[b]
Kill, (A)and devote them to destruction,[c]
declares the Lord,
and do all that I have commanded you.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:21 Merathaim means double rebellion
- Jeremiah 50:21 Pekod means punishment
- Jeremiah 50:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Jeremiah 50:14
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14 (A)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
(B)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
(C)for she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:3
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3 “For (A)out of the north a nation has come up against her, (B)which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; (C)both man and beast shall flee away.
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Jeremiah 15:14
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14 I will make you serve your enemies (A)in a land that you do not know, (B)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
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Isaiah 45:1-4
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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.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
(H)I call you by your name,
(I)I name you, though you do not know me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Isaiah 41:25
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25 (A)I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
(B)from the rising of the sun, (C)and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
(A)the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O (B)Elam;
lay siege, O (C)Media;
all the (D)sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
Isaiah 13:17-18
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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 (B)Their bows will slaughter[a] the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces
Isaiah 13:2-5
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2 On a bare hill (A)raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for (B)them to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.[a]
4 The sound (C)of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
(D)The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 (E)They come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land.[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty
- Isaiah 13:5 Or earth; also verse 9
Ezra 1:1-2
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The Proclamation of Cyrus
1 (A)In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (B)that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so (C)that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and (D)he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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2 Samuel 1:22
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22 “From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty,
(A)the bow of Jonathan turned not back,
and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
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