Isaiah 21:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now I see column after column of cavalry troops.” Straight away someone shouted, “Babylon has fallen! Every idol in the city lies broken on the ground.”

Cross References

Isaiah 13:19

The city of Babylon is glorious and powerful, the pride of the nation. But it will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah after I, the Lord, destroyed them.

Isaiah 14:4

Then you will make fun of the king of Babylonia by singing this song: That cruel monster is done for! He won't attack us again.

Isaiah 2:18

Idols will be gone for good.

Isaiah 21:7

When they see cavalry troops and columns of soldiers on donkeys and camels, tell them to be ready!”

Isaiah 47:5

Babylon, be silent! Sit in the dark. No longer will nations accept you as their queen.

Isaiah 47:9

Your magic powers and charms will suddenly fail, then you will be a widow and lose your children.

Isaiah 48:14

Gather around me, all of you! Listen to what I say. Did any of your idols predict this would happen? Did they say that my friend would do what I want done to Babylonia?

Jeremiah 50:29

Attack Babylon, enemy archers; set up camp around the city, and don't let anyone escape. It challenged me, the holy God, so do to it what it did to other cities.

Jeremiah 50:38

Your rivers and canals will dry up. All this will happen, because your land is full of idols, and they have made fools of you.

Jeremiah 50:42

Bows and arrows and swords are in their hands. The soldiers are cruel and show no pity. The hoofbeats of their horses echo like ocean waves crashing against the shore. The army has lined up for battle and is coming to attack you, people of Babylonia!

Jeremiah 50:9

In the north I am bringing great nations together. They will attack Babylon and capture it. The arrows they shoot are like the best soldiers, always finding their target.

Jeremiah 51:27

Signal the nations to get ready to attack. Raise a flag and blow a trumpet. Send for the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Choose a commander; let the cavalry attack like a swarm of locusts.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Marduk, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit everything he gobbled up. Then nations will no longer bring him gifts, and Babylon's walls will crumble.

Jeremiah 51:47

The time will come when I will punish Babylon's false gods. Everyone there will die, and the whole nation will be disgraced,

Jeremiah 51:52

Soon I will send a war to punish Babylon's idols and leave its wounded people moaning everywhere.

Jeremiah 51:64

“This is how Babylon will sink when the LORD destroys it. Everyone in the city will die, and it won't have the strength to rise again.” Jeremiah's writing ends here.

Jeremiah 51:8

But suddenly, Babylon will fall and be destroyed. I, the LORD, told the foreigners who lived there, “Weep for the city! Get medicine for its wounds; perhaps they will heal.”

Revelation 14:8

A second angel followed and said, “The great city of Babylon has fallen! This is the city that made all nations drunk and immoral. Now God is angry, and Babylon has fallen.”

Revelation 18:2

The angel shouted, “Fallen! Powerful Babylon has fallen and is now the home of demons. It is the den of every filthy spirit and of all unclean birds, and every dirty and hated animal.

Revelation 18:21

A powerful angel then picked up a huge stone and threw it into the sea. The angel said, “This is how the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to rise again.