Jeremiah 50:9

New International Reader's Version

I will stir up great nations that will join forces against Babylon. I will bring them from the land of the north. They will take up their battle positions against Babylon. They will come from the north and capture it. Their arrows will be like skilled soldiers. They will not miss their mark.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:22

The bow of Jonathan didn’t turn back. The sword of Saul didn’t return without being satisfied. They spilled the blood of their enemies. They killed mighty men.

Song of Solomon 3:8

All of them are wearing swords. They have fought many battles. Each one has his sword at his side. Each is prepared for the terrors of the night.

Isaiah 21:2

I have seen a vision about something terrible that will happen. People are turning against Babylon. Robbers are taking its goods. Elamites, attack the city! Medes, surround it! The Lord will put an end to all the suffering Babylon has caused.

Isaiah 41:25

“I have stirred up a king who will come from the north. He lives in the east. He will bring honor to me. He walks all over rulers as if they were mud. He steps on them just as a potter stomps on clay.

Jeremiah 15:14

I will make you slaves to your enemies. You will serve them in a land you have not known about before. My anger will start a fire that will burn you up.”

Jeremiah 25:14

The people of Babylon will become slaves of many other nations and great kings. I will pay them back for what they have done.’ ”

Jeremiah 25:26

all the kings in the north, near and far So he sent me to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth, one after the other. They will all drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. After they drink, the king of Babylon will drink from it too.

Jeremiah 50:14

“All you who shoot arrows, take up your battle positions around Babylon. Shoot at it! Do not spare any arrows! Its people have sinned against me.

Jeremiah 50:21

“Enemies of Babylon, attack their land of Merathaim. Make war against those who live in Pekod. Chase them and kill them. Destroy them completely,” announces the Lord. “Do everything I have commanded you to do.

Jeremiah 50:26

So come against it from far away. Open up its storerooms. Stack everything up like piles of grain. Completely destroy that country. Do not leave anyone alive there.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Send for men armed with bows and arrows. Send them against Babylon. Set up camp all around it. Do not let anyone escape. Pay it back for what its people have done. Do to them what they have done to others. They have dared to disobey me. I am the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north will attack it. That nation will destroy Babylon. No one will live there. People and animals alike will run away.

Jeremiah 51:11

“I have stirred up you kings of the Medes. So sharpen your arrows! Get your shields! I plan to destroy Babylon. I will pay the Babylonians back. They have destroyed my temple.