Jeremiah 51:40

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Babylon will be like sheep, rams, and goats waiting to be killed. I will lead them to the slaughter.

Cross References

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all the young men in Babylon. Let them be slaughtered like bulls. How terrible for them that their day of defeat has come! It is time for them to be punished.

Ezekiel 39:18

You will eat the meat from the bodies of powerful soldiers and drink the blood from world leaders. They will be like rams, lambs, goats, and fat bulls from Bashan.

Isaiah 34:6

The Lord decided there should be a time for killing in Bozrah and in Edom. So the sword of the Lord is covered with blood and fat. The blood is from the “goats.” The fat is from the kidneys of the “rams.”

Psalm 44:22

All day long we died for you. We are like sheep being led away to be killed.

Psalm 37:20

But evil people are the Lord’s enemies, and they will be destroyed. Their valleys will dry up and burn. They will be destroyed completely.

Jeremiah 48:15

The enemy will attack Moab. The enemy will enter its towns and destroy them. Its best young men will be killed in the slaughter.” This message is from the King. The King’s name is the Lord All-Powerful.