Jeremiah 6:26
New King James Version
26 O daughter of my people,
(A)Dress in sackcloth
(B)And roll about in ashes!
(C)Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation;
For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah 15:8
New King James Version
8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them,
Against the mother of the young men,
A plunderer at noonday;
I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them (A)suddenly.
Jeremiah 22:7
New King James Version
7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down (A)your choice cedars
(B)And cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah 48:8
New King James Version
8 And (A)the plunderer shall come against every city;
No one shall escape.
The valley also shall perish,
And the plain shall be destroyed,
As the Lord has spoken.
Jeremiah 51:1
New King James Version
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:1 Lit. The Midst of Those Who Rise Up Against Me; a code word for Chaldea, Babylonia
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
Ezekiel 21:31
New King James Version
31 I will (A)pour out My indignation on you;
I will (B)blow against you with the fire of My wrath,
And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to (C)destroy.
Ezekiel 25:7
New King James Version
7 indeed, therefore, I will (A)stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
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