Jeremiah 51:1

New Living Translation

This is what the Lord says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:7

Listen! I myself will move against him, and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.’”

Psalm 137:8

O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

Isaiah 13:13

For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”

Isaiah 14:14

I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’

Isaiah 21:1

This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea: Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert, like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

Isaiah 47:1

“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.

Jeremiah 23:19

Look! The Lord’s anger bursts out like a storm, a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.

Jeremiah 49:36

I will bring enemies from all directions, and I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. They will be exiled to countries around the world.

Jeremiah 50:21

“Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:24

Listen, Babylon, for I have set a trap for you. You are caught, for you have fought against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon. Surround the city so none can escape. Do to her as she has done to others, for she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:33

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.

Jeremiah 50:9

For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss!

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens and makes her fortifications incredibly strong, I will still send enemies to plunder her. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Jeremiah 51:60

Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon—all the words written here.

Ezekiel 19:12

But the vine was uprooted in fury and thrown down to the ground. The desert wind dried up its fruit and tore off its strong branches, so that it withered and was destroyed by fire.

Hosea 13:15

Ephraim was the most fruitful of all his brothers, but the east wind—a blast from the Lord— will arise in the desert. All their flowing springs will run dry, and all their wells will disappear. Every precious thing they own will be plundered and carried away.

Amos 3:6

When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has planned it?

Zechariah 2:8

After a period of glory, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”