Jeremiah 51:53

New Century Version

Even if Babylon grows until she touches the sky, and even if she makes her highest cities strong, I will send people to destroy her,” says the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then they said to each other, “Let’s build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth.”

Job 20:6

Their pride may be as high as the heavens, and their heads may touch the clouds,

Isaiah 13:17

“Look, I will cause the armies of Media to attack Babylon. They do not care about silver or delight in gold.

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 47:5

“Babylon, sit in darkness and say nothing. You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I will live forever as the queen.’ But you did not think about these things or consider what would happen.

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you frightened other nations, but your pride has fooled you. You live in the hollow places of the cliff and control the high places of the hills. Even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:21

“Attack the land of Merathaim. Attack the people who live in Pekod. Chase them, kill them, and completely destroy them. Do everything I commanded you!” says the Lord.

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 50:45

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 51:11

“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.

Jeremiah 51:25

The Lord says, “Babylon, you are a destroying mountain, and I am against you. You have destroyed the whole land. I will put my hand out against you. I will roll you off the cliffs, and I will make you a burned-out mountain.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy about Babylon. They will shout because the army comes from the north to destroy Babylon,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:56

The army has come to destroy Babylon. Her soldiers have been captured, and their bows are broken, because the Lord is a God who punishes people for the evil they do. He gives them the full punishment they deserve.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be completely pulled down and her high gates burned. The people will work hard, but it won’t help; their work will only become fuel for the flames!”

Daniel 4:30

he said, “I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty.”

Amos 9:2

If they dig down as deep as the place of the dead, I will pull them up from there. If they climb up into heaven, I will bring them down from there.

Amos 9:4

If they are captured and taken away by their enemies, I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep watch over them, but I will keep watch to give them trouble, not to do them good.”

Habakkuk 2:9

“How terrible it will be for the nation that becomes rich by doing wrong, thinking they will live in a safe place and escape harm.