Jeremiah 51:20

The Passion Translation

“You were my war club, my battle club. I used you to crush nations and overthrow kingdoms.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:15

Is the axe greater than the one who wields it? Is the saw greater than the one who cuts with it? Can the axe strike without a hand to move it? Can a lifeless wooden cane walk all by itself?

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to arrogant Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club I place in the king’s hand is my fury.

Isaiah 13:5

They are coming from a faraway land, from the end of the heavens. Here comes Yahweh with his instruments of judgment, ready to ravage the entire land.

Isaiah 37:26

“ ‘Have you not learned that I planned all this long ago? Yes, from ages past I planned it, and now I fulfill it, that you would conquer fortified cities and turn them into piles of stones.

Isaiah 45:1

“This is what Yahweh says to his anointed one, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped as my servant to conquer nations and dethrone their kings. For I will open doors before him and no fortified gate will remain closed.

Isaiah 8:9

You will be broken, O nations, and will be shattered. Listen, all you distant nations. Prepare for war, though it will backfire on you! Prepare for war, yet you will be shattered!

Jeremiah 25:11

The entire region will become a ruin, empty as a desert, and these nations will be carried off to Babylon to serve her king for seventy years.

Jeremiah 25:9

‘Behold, I will summon my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, along with all the northern armies, and bring them to fight against this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction and make them a desolation. I will turn them into ruins forever. Everyone will be utterly astonished by the sight of what I have done to them.

Jeremiah 50:23

Babylon, you hammered the whole world to pieces, but now your hammer is broken and shattered to pieces. Now you are an object of horror to the nations.

Ezekiel 21:11

I handed over the sword for someone to polish so he can use it, sharp, shiny, and ready for the hand of the executioner.

Ezekiel 21:31

I will vent my fury on you, blow the fire of my rage against you, and hand you over to brutal men whose skill is destruction.

Matthew 22:7

This infuriated the king! So he sent his soldiers to execute those murderers and had their city burned to the ground.