Jeremiah 50:9

New American Bible - revised edition

See, I am stirring up against Babylon a band of great nations from the land of the north; They are arrayed against her, from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who never returns empty-handed.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the slain, from the bodies of the warriors, The bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return unstained.

Song of Solomon 3:8

All of them expert with the sword, skilled in battle, Each with his sword at his side against the terrors of the night.

Isaiah 21:2

A harsh vision has been announced to me: “The traitor betrays, the despoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; put an end to all its groaning!”

Isaiah 41:25

I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes; from the east I summon him by name; He shall trample the rulers down like mud, like a potter treading clay.

Jeremiah 15:14

And I shall enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, For fire has broken out from my anger, it is kindled against you.

Jeremiah 25:14

They also shall serve many nations and great kings, and thus I will repay them according to their own deeds and according to the works of their hands. The Cup of Judgment on the Nations.

Jeremiah 25:26

all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other; all the kingdoms upon the face of the earth and after them the king of Sheshach shall drink.

Jeremiah 50:14

Take your posts encircling Babylon, you who bend the bow; Shoot at it, do not spare your arrows,

Jeremiah 50:21

Attack the land of Merathaim, and those who live in Pekod; Slaughter and put them under the ban—oracle of the Lord— do all I have commanded you.

Jeremiah 50:26

Come upon them from every side, open their granaries, Pile them up in heaps and put them under the ban; do not leave a remnant.

Jeremiah 50:29

Call archers out against Babylon, all who bend the bow; Encamp around them; let no one escape. Repay them for their deeds; what they have done, do to them, For they insulted the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north advances against it, making the land desolate So that no one can live there; human beings and animals have fled.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers; The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for his resolve is Babylon’s destruction. Yes, it is retribution from the Lord, retribution for his temple.