Jeremiah 51:13

Easy To Read Version

Babylon, you live near much water.\par You are rich with treasures.\par But your end as a nation has come.\par It is time for you to be destroyed.\par

Cross References

Genesis 6:13

So God said to Noah, “All people have filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.

Psalm 137:1

We sat by the rivers in Babylon\par and cried as we remembered Zion. {\cf2\super [628]} \par

Isaiah 43:14

The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, saves you. And the Lord says, “I will send armies to Babylon for you. Many people will be captured. Those people, the Chaldeans, will be taken away in their own boats. (The Chaldeans are very proud of those boats.)

Isaiah 45:3

I will give you the wealth\par that is saved in darkness.\par I will give you those hidden riches.\par I will do this so that you will know\par that I am the Lord.\par I am the God of Israel,\par and I am calling you by name!\par

Isaiah 57:17

These people did evil things,\par and it made me angry.\par So, I punished Israel.\par I turned away from him\par because I was angry.\par And Israel left me.\par He went wherever he wanted.\par

Jeremiah 17:11

Sometimes a bird will hatch an egg\par that it did not lay.\par A person that cheats to get money\par is like that bird.\par When that man’s life is half finished,\par he will lose the money.\par At the end of his life, it will be clear\par that he was a foolish person.”\par

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all the young bulls (men) in Babylon.\par Let them be slaughtered. {\cf2\super [411]} \par The time has come for them to be defeated,\par so it will be very bad for them.\par It is time for them to be punished.\par

Jeremiah 50:31

“Babylon, you are too proud.\par And I am against you.”\par Our Master, the Lord All-Powerful,\par says these things.\par “I am against you,\par and the time has come\par for you to be punished.\par

Jeremiah 50:37

Sword, kill the horses and chariots of Babylon.\par Sword, kill all the soldiers hired\par from other countries.\par Those soldiers will be\par like frightened women.\par Sword, destroy the treasures of Babylon.\par Those treasures will be taken away.\par

Jeremiah 51:36

So the Lord says:\par “I will defend you, Judah.\par I will make sure\par that Babylon is punished.\par I will dry up Babylon’s sea.\par And I will make her water springs\par become dry.\par

Lamentations 4:18

Our enemies hunted us all the time.\par We could not even go out into the streets.\par Our end came near. Our time was up.\par Our end came!\par

Daniel 5:26

“This is what these words mean:

Amos 8:2

The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

1 Peter 4:7

The time is near when all things will end. So keep your minds clear, and control yourselves. This will help you to pray.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.

Revelation 17:1

One of the seven angels came and spoke to me. This was one of the angels that had the seven bowls. The angel said, “Come, and I will show you the punishment that will be given to the famous prostitute. {\cf2\super [125]} She is the one sitting over many waters.

Revelation 17:15

Then the angel said to me, “You saw the water where the prostitute {\cf2\super [128]} sits. These waters are the many peoples, the different races, nations, and languages \{in the world\}.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads. They cried and were sad. They said loudly: