Jeremiah 51:11

Modern English Version

Sharpen the arrows. Gather the shields. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of His temple.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:14

The Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was a prince of Edom.

1 Kings 11:23

God stirred up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who fled from his lord Hadadezer, king of Zobah.

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul the king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and he led the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan to this day.

2 Chronicles 36:22

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also declared in a written edict:

Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he issued a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Isaiah 10:26

The Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the sea, so shall He lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

Isaiah 21:2

A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam. Lay siege, O Media. All her sighing I have made to cease.

Isaiah 21:5

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat and drink. Arise, you princes, and oil the shields.

Isaiah 41:25

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come; from the rising of the sun he shall call on My name; and he shall come on princes as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

Isaiah 45:1

Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have held — to subdue nations before him and to loosen the loins of kings, to open doors before him so that the gates will not be shut:

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord and there is no other; there is no God besides Me. I strengthen you, though you have not known Me,

Isaiah 46:11

calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man who executes My counsel from a far country. Indeed, I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.

Jeremiah 25:25

and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

Jeremiah 46:3

Prepare the small and large shields, and draw near to battle!

Jeremiah 46:4

Harness the horses; mount the steeds! Take your positions with your helmets, polish the spears, put on the armor!

Jeremiah 46:9

Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: the Cushites and the Libyans who handle the shield, and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

Jeremiah 50:25

The Lord has opened His armory and has brought out the weapons of His indignation, for this is the work of the Lord God of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 50:3

For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They will wander away; they will depart, both man and beast.

Jeremiah 50:45

Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes that He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock will drag them out. Surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 50:9

For behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. And they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken captive. Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warrior; no one shall return empty-handed.

Jeremiah 51:12

Set up the standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes. For the Lord has both devised and done that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:24

I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:35

May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” the inhabitant of Zion will say; and, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” Jerusalem will say.

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. And I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Daniel 5:30

That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.

Joel 3:10

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, “I am a warrior!”

Joel 3:9

Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate a war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near and rise.

Leviticus 26:25

I will bring a sword upon you that shall extract vengeance for My covenant. And when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Zechariah 14:12

And this will be the pestilence with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who go to battle against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot as they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured and the houses plundered and the women ravished. Half of the city will go to exile, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.