Jeremiah 50:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Attack from every side! Babylon surrenders! The enemy tears down its walls and towers. I am taking my revenge by doing to Babylon what it did to other cities.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:24

Every official and every soldier, as well as all David's other sons, were loyal to him.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. Decide now to obey the LORD our God! Come to Jerusalem and worship him in the temple that will belong to him for ever. Then he will stop being angry,

Psalm 149:7

Take revenge and punish the nations.

Psalm 94:1

LORD God, you punish the guilty. Show what you are like and punish them now.

Isaiah 59:17

Justice was the LORD's armour; saving power was his helmet; anger and revenge were his clothes.

Isaiah 59:18

Now the LORD will get furious and do to his enemies, both near and far, what they did to his people.

Isaiah 61:2

This is the year when the LORD God will show kindness to us and punish our enemies. The LORD has sent me to comfort those who mourn,

Isaiah 63:4

I did this because I wanted to take revenge— the time had come to rescue my people.

Jeremiah 46:10

But the LORD All-Powerful will win this battle and take revenge on his enemies. His sword will eat them and drink their blood until it is full. They will be killed in the north near the River Euphrates, as a sacrifice to the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:14

Babylon has rebelled against me. Archers, take your places. Shoot all your arrows at Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:25

I've brought out my weapons, and with them I will put a curse on Babylonia.

Jeremiah 50:44

Babylonia, I will attack you like a lion from the forest, attacking sheep in a meadow along the Jordan. In a moment the flock runs, and the land is empty. Who will I choose to attack you? I will do it myself! No one can force me to fight or chase me away.

Jeremiah 51:11

I, the LORD, want Babylon destroyed, because its army destroyed my temple. So, you kings of Media, sharpen your arrows and pick up your shields.

Jeremiah 51:14

I, the LORD All-Powerful, swear by my own life that enemy soldiers will fill your streets like a swarm of locusts. They will shout and celebrate their victory.

Jeremiah 51:24

But now, my people will watch, while I repay you for what you did to Zion.

Jeremiah 51:25

You destroyed the nations and seem strong as a mountain, but I am your enemy. I might even grab you and roll you off a cliff. When I have finished, you'll only be a pile of scorched bricks.

Jeremiah 51:30

The Babylonian soldiers have lost their strength and courage. They stay in their fortresses, unable to fight, while the enemy breaks through the city gates, then sets their homes on fire.

Jeremiah 51:36

My people, I am on your side, and I will take revenge on Babylon. I will cut off its water supply, and its stream will dry up.

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 51:58

The thick walls of that city will be torn down, and its huge gates burnt. Everything that nation worked so hard to gain will go up in smoke.

Jeremiah 51:6

Get out of Babylon! Run for your lives! If you stay, you will be killed when I take revenge on the city and punish it for its sins.

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.

Lamentations 5:6

We had to surrender to Egypt and Assyria because we were hungry.

Ezekiel 17:18

The king of Judah broke his own promises and ignored the treaty with Babylonia. And so he will be punished!

Ezekiel 21:22

His right hand will pull out the arrow marked “Jerusalem”. Then he will immediately give the signal to shout the battle cry, to build earth ramps to the top of the city walls, to break down its walls and gates with large wooden poles, and to kill the people.

Nahum 1:2

The LORD God demands loyalty. In his anger, he takes revenge on his enemies.

Matthew 7:2

God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.

Luke 21:22

This time of punishment is what is written about in the Scriptures.

Romans 12:19

Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”

Romans 3:5

If our evil deeds show how right God is, then what can we say? Is it wrong for God to become angry and punish us? What a foolish thing to ask.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Soon our enemies will get what they deserve— suddenly they will slip, and total disaster will quickly follow.

Deuteronomy 32:41

I will take revenge on my hateful enemies. I will sharpen my sword and let it flash like lightning.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Tell the heavens to celebrate and all gods to bow down to the LORD, because he will take revenge on those hateful enemies who killed his people. He will forgive the sins of Israel and purify their land.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

and with a flaming fire. Our Lord Jesus will punish anyone who doesn't know God and won't obey his message.

James 2:13

Do this, because on the day of judgment there will be no pity for those who have not had pity on others. But even in judgment, God is merciful!

Joshua 6:20

The priests blew their trumpets again, and the soldiers shouted as loud as they could. The walls of Jericho fell flat. Then the soldiers rushed up the hill, went straight into the town, and captured it.

Joshua 6:5

Then the priests will blast on their trumpets, and everyone else will shout. The wall will fall down, and your soldiers can go straight in from every side.

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of your people and your prophets. So you gave them blood to drink, as they deserve!”

Revelation 18:6

Treat her as she has treated others. Make her pay double for what she has done. Make her drink twice as much of what she mixed for others.

Revelation 19:2

because his judgments are honest and fair. That filthy prostitute ruined the earth with shameful deeds. But God has judged her and made her pay the price for murdering his servants.”

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said, “Agag, you have snatched children from their mothers' arms and killed them. Now your mother will be without children.” Then Samuel chopped Agag to pieces at the place of worship in Gilgal.