Jeremiah 51:56

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 49:24

but he aims his bow well. His arms are made strong. He gets his power from the Mighty God of Jacob and his strength from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

Psalm 137:8

People of Babylon, you will be destroyed. The people who pay you back for what you did to us will be happy.

Psalm 37:15

But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will break.

Psalm 46:9

He stops wars everywhere on the earth. He breaks all bows and spears and burns up the chariots with fire.

Psalm 76:3

There God broke the flaming arrows, the shields, the swords, and the weapons of war.Selah

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 34:8

The Lord has chosen a time for punishment. He has chosen a year when people must pay for the wrongs they did to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to people who are frightened, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Look, your God will come, and he will punish your enemies. He will make them pay for the wrongs they did, but he will save you.”

Isaiah 59:18

The Lord will pay back his enemies for what they have done. He will show his anger to those who were against him; he will punish the people in faraway places as they deserve.

Jeremiah 49:35

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I will soon break Elam’s bow, its greatest strength.

Jeremiah 50:10

The enemy will take all the wealth from the Babylonians. Those enemy soldiers will get all they want,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:36

Let a sword kill her false prophets, and they will become fools. Let a sword kill her warriors, and they will be full of terror.

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 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting. They stay in their protected cities. Their strength is gone, and they have become like frightened women. Babylon’s houses are burning. The bars of her gates are broken.

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 51:53

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.

Jeremiah 51:6

“Run away from Babylon and save your lives! Don’t stay and be killed because of Babylon’s sins. It is time for the Lord to punish Babylon; he will give Babylon the punishment she deserves.

Lamentations 3:64

Pay them back, Lord, for what they have done.

Ezekiel 39:3

I will knock your bow out of your left hand and throw down your arrows from your right hand.

Ezekiel 39:9

“ ‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will come out and make fires with the enemy’s weapons. They will burn them, both large and small shields, bows and arrows, war clubs, and spears. They will use the weapons to burn in their fires for seven years.

Amos 2:15

Soldiers with bows and arrows will not stand and fight, and even fast runners will not get away; soldiers on horses will not escape alive.

Obadiah 1:15

“The Lord’s day of judging is coming soon to all the nations. The same evil things you did to other people will happen to you; they will come back upon your own head.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have stolen from many nations, those who are left will take much from you. This is because you have killed many people, destroying countries and cities and everyone in them.

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them. Soon their foot will slip, because their day of trouble is near, and their punishment will come quickly.”

2 Thessalonians 1:6

God will do what is right. He will give trouble to those who trouble you.

Revelation 17:16

The ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute. They will take everything she has and leave her naked. They will eat her body and burn her with fire.

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, heaven! Be happy, God’s holy people and apostles and prophets! God has punished her because of what she did to you.”

Revelation 19:2

because his judgments are true and right. He has punished the prostitute who made the earth evil with her sexual sin. He has paid her back for the death of his servants.”

1 Samuel 2:4

“The bows of warriors break, but weak people become strong.