Jeremiah 51:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Raise the signal flag and attack the city walls. Post more guards. Command soldiers to watch the city and set up ambushes. I have made plans to destroy Babylon, and nothing will stop me.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:30

No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the LORD.

Isaiah 11:12

He will give a signal to the nations, and he will bring together the refugees from Judah and Israel, who have been scattered all over the earth.

Isaiah 13:2

From high on a barren hill give a signal, shout the orders, and point the way to enter the gates of Babylon's proud rulers.

Jeremiah 23:20

I won't calm down, until I have finished what I have decided to do. Some day you will understand exactly what I mean.

Jeremiah 50:25

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

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 51:27

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 51:29

The earth twists and turns in torment, because I have decided to make Babylonia a desert where no one can live, and I won't change my mind.

Lamentations 2:17

The LORD has done everything that he had planned and threatened long ago. He destroyed you without mercy and let your enemies boast about their powerful forces.

Joel 3:2

Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land

Nahum 2:1

Nineveh, someone is coming to attack and scatter you. Guard your fortresses! Watch the road! Be brave! Prepare for battle!

Joshua 8:14

The king of Ai saw Joshua's army, so the king and his troops hurried out early the next morning to fight them. Joshua and his army pretended to be beaten, and they let the men of Ai chase them towards the desert. The king and his army were facing the Jordan valley as Joshua had planned. The king did not realize that some Israelite soldiers were hiding behind the town.