Jeremiah 51:56

New English Translation

For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God who punishes; he pays back in full.

Cross References

Genesis 49:24

But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Psalm 137:8

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

Psalm 37:15

Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Psalm 46:9

He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Psalm 76:3

There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. (Selah)

Isaiah 21:2

I have received a distressing message: “The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”

Isaiah 34:8

For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

Isaiah 35:4

Tell those who panic, “Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”

Isaiah 59:18

He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.

Jeremiah 49:35

The Lord who rules over all said, “I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.

Jeremiah 50:10

Babylonia will be plundered. Those who plunder it will take all they want,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:36

Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

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 51:30

The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon. For destroyers from the north will attack it,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky and fortifies her elevated stronghold, I will send destroyers against her,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:6

Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. Flee to save your lives. Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins. For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge. He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done.

Lamentations 3:64

Pay them back what they deserve, O Lord, according to what they have done.

Ezekiel 39:3

I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

Ezekiel 39:9

“‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling – the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

Amos 2:15

Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.

Obadiah 1:15

“For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!”

2 Thessalonians 1:6

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Revelation 17:16

The ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.

Revelation 18:20

(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

Revelation 19:2

because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!”

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.