Jeremiah 50:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Exodus 10:3

Moses and Aaron went to the king and told him that the LORD God of the Hebrews had said: How long will you stubbornly refuse to obey? Release my people so they can worship me.

Isaiah 37:23

Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel.

Isaiah 47:10

You hid behind evil like a shield and said, “No one can see me!” You were fooled by your wisdom and your knowledge; you felt sure that you alone were in full control.

Jeremiah 25:14

I will pay back the Babylonians for every wrong they have done. Great kings from many other nations will conquer the Babylonians and force them to be slaves.

Jeremiah 48:26

People of Moab, you claim to be stronger than I am. Now I will tell other nations to make you drunk and to laugh while you collapse in your own vomit.

Jeremiah 49:16

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.

Jeremiah 50:24

Babylonia challenged me, the LORD God All-Powerful, but that nation doesn't know it is caught in a trap that I set.

Jeremiah 50:26

Come from far away, you enemies of Babylon! Pile up the grain from its storehouses, and destroy it completely, along with everything else.

Jeremiah 50:32

You are proud, but you will stumble and fall, and no one will help you up. I will set your villages on fire, and everything around you will go up in flames.

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 51:24

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

Jeremiah 51:3

I will tell these soldiers, “Attack quickly, before the Babylonians can string their bows or put on their armour. Kill their best soldiers and destroy their army!”

Jeremiah 51:49

Babylon must be overthrown, because it slaughtered the people of Israel and of many other nations.

Jeremiah 51:56

An enemy will attack and destroy Babylon. Its soldiers will be captured and their weapons broken, because I am a God who takes revenge against nations for what they do.

Lamentations 1:9

Her sins had made her filthy, but she wasn't worried about what could happen. And when Jerusalem fell, it was so tragic. No one gave her comfort when she cried out, “Help! I'm in trouble, LORD! The enemy has won.”

Lamentations 3:64

Pay them back for everything they have done, LORD!

Daniel 11:36

This king will do as he pleases. He will proudly claim to be greater than any god and will insult the only true God. Indeed, he will be successful until God is no longer angry with his people.

Daniel 4:37

That's why I say: “Praise and honour the King who rules from heaven! Everything he does is honest and fair, and he can shatter the power of those who are proud.”

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.

Obadiah 1:15

The day is coming when I, the LORD, will judge the nations. And, Edom, you will pay in full for what you have done.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

It is only right for God to punish everyone who is causing you trouble,

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will boast and oppose everything that is holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.

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.