Jeremiah 51:11

New Century Version

“Sharpen the arrows! Pick up your shields! The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because he wants to destroy Babylon. The Lord will punish them as they deserve for destroying his Temple.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:14

The Lord caused Hadad the Edomite, a member of the family of the king of Edom, to become Solomon’s enemy.

1 Kings 11:23

God also caused another man to be Solomon’s enemy—Rezon son of Eliada. Rezon had run away from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel made Pul king of Assyria want to go to war. (Pul was also called Tiglath-Pileser.) He captured the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh, and he took them away to Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. They have lived there from that time until this day.

2 Chronicles 36:22

In the first year Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord had Cyrus send an announcement to his whole kingdom. This happened so the Lord’s message spoken by Jeremiah would come true. He wrote:

Ezra 1:1

In the first year Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord caused Cyrus to send an announcement to his whole kingdom and to put it in writing. This happened so the Lord’s message spoken by Jeremiah would come true. He wrote:

Isaiah 10:26

Then the Lord All-Powerful will beat the Assyrians with a whip as he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his stick over the waters as he did in Egypt.

Isaiah 21:2

I have seen a terrible vision. I see traitors turning against you and people taking your wealth. Elam, attack the people! Media, surround the city and attack it! I will bring an end to the pain the city causes.

Isaiah 21:5

They set the table; they spread the rugs; they eat and drink. Leaders, stand up. Prepare the shields for battle!

Isaiah 41:25

“I have brought someone to come out of the north I have called by name a man from the east, and he knows me. He walks on kings as if they were mud, just as a potter walks on the clay.

Isaiah 45:1

This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, his appointed king: “I hold your right hand and will help you defeat nations and take away other kings’ power. I will open doors for you so city gates will not stop you.

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord. There is no other God; I am the only God. I will make you strong, even though you don’t know me,

Isaiah 46:11

I am calling a man from the east to carry out my plan; he will come like a hawk from a country far away. I will make what I have said come true; I will do what I have planned.

Jeremiah 25:25

all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;

Jeremiah 46:3

“Prepare your shields, large and small, and march out for battle!

Jeremiah 46:4

Harness the horses and get on them! Go to your places for battle and put on your helmets! Polish your spears. Put on your armor!

Jeremiah 46:9

Horsemen, charge into battle! Chariot drivers, drive hard! March on, brave soldiers— soldiers from the countries of Cush and Put who carry shields, soldiers from Lydia who use bows.

Jeremiah 50:25

The Lord has opened up his storeroom and brought out the weapons of his anger, because the Lord God All-Powerful has work to do in the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north will attack Babylon and make it like an empty desert. No one will live there; both people and animals will run away.”

Jeremiah 50:45

So listen to what the Lord has planned to do against Babylon. Listen to what he has decided to do to the people in the city of Babylon. He will surely drag away the young ones of Babylon. Their hometowns will surely be shocked at what happens to them.

Jeremiah 50:9

I will soon bring against Babylon many great nations from the north. They will take their places for war against it, and it will be captured by people from the north. Their arrows are like trained soldiers who do not return from war with empty hands.

Jeremiah 51:12

Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Bring more guards. Put the watchmen in their places, and get ready for a secret attack! The Lord will certainly do what he has planned and what he said he would do against the people of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:24

“But I will pay back Babylon and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem in your sight,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:35

Babylon did terrible things to hurt us. Now let those things happen to Babylon,” say the people of Jerusalem. “The people of Babylon killed our people. Now let them be punished for what they did,” says Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:36

So this is what the Lord says: “I will soon defend you, Judah, and make sure that Babylon is punished. I will dry up Babylon’s sea and make her springs become dry.

Daniel 5:30

That very same night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonian people, was killed.

Joel 3:10

Make swords from your plows, and make spears from your hooks for trimming trees. Let even the weak person say, “I am a soldier.”

Joel 3:9

Announce this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the soldiers! Let all the men of war come near and attack.

Leviticus 26:25

You broke my agreement, and I will punish you. I will bring armies against you, and if you go into your cities for safety, I will cause diseases to spread among you so that your enemy will defeat you.

Zechariah 14:12

But the Lord will bring a terrible disease on the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot away while they are still standing up. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Zechariah 14:2

I will bring all the nations together to fight Jerusalem. They will capture the city and rob the houses and attack the women. Half the people will be taken away as captives, but the rest of the people won’t be taken from the city.