Jeremiah 51:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;

Cross References

Isaiah 10:15

Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.

Isaiah 10:5

Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!

Isaiah 13:5

They come from a far country, from the farthest part of heaven, even the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, with destruction for all the land.

Isaiah 37:26

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

Isaiah 45:1

The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

Isaiah 8:9

Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:

Jeremiah 25:11

All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Jeremiah 25:9

See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

Jeremiah 50:23

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!

Ezekiel 21:11

And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.

Ezekiel 21:31

And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.

Micah 4:12

But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.

Micah 4:13

Up! and let the grain be crushed, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your feet brass, and a number of peoples will be broken by you, and you will give up their increase to the Lord and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Nahum 2:1

A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.

Zechariah 10:4

From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler;

Matthew 22:7

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.