Jeremiah 51:56

New International Version

A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.

Cross References

Genesis 49:24

But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Psalm 137:8

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

Psalm 37:15

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

Psalm 46:9

He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Psalm 76:3

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.

Isaiah 21:2

A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

Isaiah 34:8

For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.

Isaiah 35:4

say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”

Isaiah 59:18

According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.

Jeremiah 49:35

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.

Jeremiah 50:10

So Babylonia will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror.

Jeremiah 51:24

“Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for out of the north destroyers will attack her,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, I will send destroyers against her,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:6

“Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.

Lamentations 3:64

Pay them back what they deserve, Lord, for what their hands have done.

Ezekiel 39:3

Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

Ezekiel 39:9

“ ‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

Amos 2:15

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.

Obadiah 1:15

“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

Deuteronomy 32:35

It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”

2 Thessalonians 1:6

God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you

Revelation 17:16

The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Revelation 18:20

“Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”

Revelation 19:2

for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

1 Samuel 2:4

“The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.