Jeremiah 51:20

New Century Version

“You are my war club, my battle weapon. I use you to smash nations. I use you to destroy kingdoms.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:15

An ax is not better than the person who swings it. A saw is not better than the one who uses it. A stick cannot control the person who picks it up. A club cannot pick up the person!

Isaiah 10:5

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria. I use him like a rod to show my anger; in anger I use Assyria like a club.

Isaiah 13:5

This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon to destroy the whole country.

Isaiah 37:26

“ ‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard. Long ago I, the Lord, planned these things. Long ago I designed them, and now I have made them happen. I allowed you to turn those strong, walled cities into piles of rocks.

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 8:9

Be broken, all you nations, and be smashed to pieces. Listen, all you faraway countries. Prepare for battle and be smashed to pieces! Prepare for battle and be smashed to pieces!

Jeremiah 25:11

That whole area will be an empty desert, and these nations will be slaves of the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Jeremiah 25:9

I will send for all the peoples of the north,” says the Lord, “along with my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will bring them all against Judah, those who live there, and all the nations around you, too. I will completely destroy all those countries and leave them in ruins forever. People will be shocked when they see how badly I have destroyed those countries.

Jeremiah 50:23

Babylon was the hammer of the whole earth, but how broken and shattered that hammer is now. It is truly the most ruined of all the nations.

Ezekiel 21:11

The sword should be polished. It is meant to be held in the hand. It is made sharp and polished, ready for the hand of a killer.

Ezekiel 21:31

I will pour out my anger against you and blast you with the fire of my anger. I will hand you over to cruel men, experts in destruction.

Micah 4:12

But they don’t know what the Lord is thinking; they don’t understand his plan. He has gathered them like bundles of grain to the threshing floor.

Micah 4:13

“Get up and beat them, people of Jerusalem. I will make you strong as if you had horns of iron and hoofs of bronze. You will beat many nations into small pieces and give their wealth to the Lord, their treasure to the Lord of all the earth.”

Nahum 2:1

The destroyer is coming to attack you, Nineveh. Guard the defenses. Watch the road. Get ready. Gather all your strength!

Zechariah 10:4

From Judah will come the cornerstone, and the tent peg, the battle bow, and every ruler.

Matthew 22:7

The king was furious and sent his army to kill the murderers and burn their city.