Jeremiah 51:23

New English Translation

I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 51:22

I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.

Jeremiah 51:24

“But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

“I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up,” says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all.