Jeremiah 50:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 7 Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him: and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will equip and set themselves against her; from there she will be taken. Their arrows will be like [both] an expert, mighty warrior and like his arrows–none [of them] will return in vain.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

Common English Bible

⁹ I’m stirring up against Babylon a coalition of mighty nations. It will mobilize in the north, and from there she will be captured. Their arrows are like those of an expert archer who does not return empty-handed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ For behold, I am raising up, and I will lead against Babylon, a congregation of great nations from the land of the north. And they will be prepared against her, and from there she will be taken. Their arrows, like those of a strong man, a killer, will not return empty.

Jeremiah 50:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:22

7 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war perished?

Song of Solomon 3:8

Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Isaiah 21:2

0 O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.

Isaiah 41:25

He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.

Jeremiah 15:14

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Jeremiah 25:14

2 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon: and the kings of the land of the islands that are beyond the sea.

Jeremiah 25:26

4 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

Jeremiah 50:14

2 A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 50:21

9 Declare to many against Babylon, to all that bend the bow: stand together against her round about, and let nose escape; pay her according to her work: according to all that she hath done, do ye to her: for she hath lifted up herself against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:26

4 Their redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is his name : he will defend their cause in judgment, to terrify the land, and to disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:29

7 A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the people that are in the midst of her: and they shall become as women: a sword upon her treasures, and they shall be made a spoil.

Jeremiah 50:3

1 Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls.

Jeremiah 51:11

9 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.