Jeremiah 51:53
New King James Version
53 (A)Though Babylon were to [a]mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
Jeremiah 49:16
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16 Your fierceness has deceived you,
The (A)pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
(B)Though you make your (C)nest as high as the eagle,
(D)I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
Genesis 11:4
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4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (A)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (B)name for ourselves, lest we (C)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
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Obadiah 3-4
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3 The (A)pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
(B)You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
4 (C)Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you (D)set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
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.
Psalm 139:8-10
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8 (A)If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
(B)If I make my bed in [a]hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
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- Psalm 139:8 Or Sheol
Amos 9:4
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4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there (A)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
(B)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”
Daniel 4:30
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30 The king (A)spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”
Ezekiel 31:9-11
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9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches,
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’
10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and (A)its heart was [a]lifted up in its height, 11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the (B)mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness.
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- Ezekiel 31:10 Proud
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.”
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:58 Lit. laid utterly bare
Jeremiah 51:48
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48 Then (A)the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
(B)For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
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.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:11 Polish the arrows!
Jeremiah 51:1-4
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The Utter Destruction of Babylon
51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will raise up against (A)Babylon,
Against those who dwell in [a]Leb Kamai,
(B)A destroying wind.
2 And I will send (C)winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
(D)For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
3 Against her (E)let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
(F)Utterly destroy all her army.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
(G)And those thrust through in her streets.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:1 Lit. The Midst of Those Who Rise Up Against Me; a code word for Chaldea, Babylonia
Jeremiah 50:45
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45 Therefore hear (A)the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,
And His (B)purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
(C)Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
Jeremiah 50:31-34
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31 “Behold, I am against you,
O most haughty one!” says the Lord God of hosts;
“For your day has come,
[a]The time that I will punish you.
32 The most (A)proud shall stumble and fall,
And no one will raise him up;
(B)I will kindle a fire in his cities,
And it will devour all around him.”
33 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The children of Israel were oppressed,
Along with the children of Judah;
All who took them captive have held them fast;
They have refused to let them go.
34 (C)Their Redeemer is strong;
(D)The Lord of hosts is His name.
He will thoroughly plead their (E)case,
That He may give rest to the land,
And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
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- Jeremiah 50:31 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. The time of your punishment
Jeremiah 50:25
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25 The Lord has opened His armory,
And has brought out (A)the weapons of His indignation;
For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 50:21
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21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it,
And against the inhabitants of (A)Pekod.
[a]Waste and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord,
“And do (B)according to all that I have commanded you.
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- Jeremiah 50:21 Or Attack with the sword
Jeremiah 50:9-10
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9 (A)For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of [a]an expert warrior;
(B)None shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
(C)All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 50:9 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr.; MT, Tg., Vg. a warrior who makes childless
Isaiah 47:7
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7 And you said, ‘I shall be (A)a lady forever,’
So that you did not (B)take these things to heart,
(C)Nor remember the latter end of them.
Isaiah 47:5
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5 “Sit in (A)silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
(B)For you shall no longer be called
The Lady of Kingdoms.
Isaiah 45:1-5
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Cyrus, God’s Instrument
45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To (A)Cyrus, whose (B)right hand I have [a]held—
(C)To subdue nations before him
And (D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
2 ‘I will go before you
(E)And[b] make the [c]crooked places straight;
(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
(G)That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who (H)call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
4 For (I)Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5 I (J)am the Lord, and (K)there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
(L)I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 45:1 strengthened or sustained
- Isaiah 45:2 Tg. I will trample down the walls; Vg. I will humble the great ones of the earth
- Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX mountains
Isaiah 41:25
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25 “I have raised up one from the north,
And he shall come;
From the [a]rising of the sun (A)he shall call on My name;
(B)And he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 41:25 East
Isaiah 14:12-15
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The Fall of Lucifer
12 “How(A) you are fallen from heaven,
O [a]Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
(B)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(C)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (D)mount of the congregation
(E)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(F)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (G)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [b]lowest depths of the Pit.
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 14:12 Lit. Day Star
- Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses
Isaiah 13:17
New King James Version
17 “Behold,(A) I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not [a]regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.
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- Isaiah 13:17 esteem
Isaiah 13:2-5
New King James Version
2 “Lift(A) up a banner (B)on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
(C)Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My [a]sanctified ones;
I have also called (D)My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who (E)rejoice in My exaltation.”
4 The (F)noise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
5 They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The (G)Lord and His [b]weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole (H)land.
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 13:3 consecrated or set apart
- Isaiah 13:5 Or instruments
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