Jeremiah 51:6

New International Reader's Version

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of the sins of its people. It is time for me to pay them back. I will punish them for what they have done.

Cross References

Psalm 94:1

The Lord is a God who punishes. Since you are the one who punishes, come and show your anger.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise people and become wise. A companion of foolish people suffers harm.

Isaiah 48:20

People of Israel, leave Babylon! Hurry up and get away from the Babylonians! Here is what I want you to announce. Make it known with shouts of joy. Send the news out from one end of the earth to the other. Say, “The Lord has set free his servant Jacob.”

Isaiah 63:4

I decided it was time to pay back Israel’s enemies. The year for me to set my people free had come.

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 25:16

When they drink it, they will not even be able to walk straight. It will drive them out of their minds. I am going to send war against them.”

Jeremiah 27:7

All the nations will serve him and his son and grandson. After that, I will judge his land. Then many nations and great kings will make him serve them.

Jeremiah 46:10

But that day belongs to me. I am the Lord who rules over all. It is a day for me to pay back my enemies. My sword will eat until it is satisfied. It will drink until it is not thirsty for blood anymore. I am the Lord. I am the Lord who rules over all. I will offer a sacrifice. I will offer it in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah 48:6

People of Moab, run away! Run for your lives! Become like a lonely bush in the desert.

Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against them on every side! They are giving up. The towers of the city are falling. Its walls are being pulled down. The Lord is paying back its people. So pay them back yourselves. Do to them what they have done to others.

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen to those who have escaped. Listen to those who have returned from Babylon. They are announcing in Zion how I have paid Babylon back. I have paid it back for destroying my temple.

Jeremiah 50:31

“Proud Babylonians, I am against you,” announces the Lord. The Lord who rules over all says, “Your day to be judged has come. It is time for you to be punished.

Jeremiah 50:8

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon. Leave the land of Babylon. Be like the goats that lead the flock.

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.

Jeremiah 51:36

So the Lord says, “I will stand up for you. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they did to you. I will dry up their water supply. I will make their springs run dry.

Jeremiah 51:45

“Come out of there, my people! Run for your lives! Run away from my great anger.

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have not been killed in the war against Babylon, leave! Do not wait! In a land far away remember me. And think about Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 51:56

A destroying army will come against Babylon. The soldiers in the city will be captured. Their bows will be broken. I am the Lord God who pays people back. I will pay them back in full.

Jeremiah 51:9

“The nations say, ‘We would have healed Babylon. But it can’t be healed. So let’s leave it. Let’s each go to our own land. Babylon’s sins reach all the way to the skies. They rise up as high as the heavens.’

Lamentations 3:64

Lord, pay them back. Punish them for what their hands have done.

Numbers 16:26

Moses warned the community. He said, “Move away from the tents of these evil men! Don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, the Lord will sweep you away because of all their sins.”

Deuteronomy 32:25

In the streets their children will be killed by swords. Their homes will be filled with terror. The young men and women will die. The babies and old people will die.

Deuteronomy 32:41

And you can be just as sure that I will sharpen my flashing sword. My hand will hold it when I judge. I will get even with my enemies. I will pay back those who hate me.

Deuteronomy 32:43

You nations, be full of joy. Be joyful together with God’s people. The Lord will get even with his enemies. He will pay them back for killing those who serve him. He will wipe away the sin of his land and people.

1 Timothy 5:22

Don’t be too quick to place your hands on others to set them apart to serve God. Don’t take part in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

Revelation 16:19

The great city split into three parts. The cities of the nations crumbled and fell. God remembered Babylon the Great. He gave Babylon the cup filled with the wine of his terrible anger.