Jeremiah 51:58

Tree of Life Version

Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Babylon’s thick wall will be totally razed and her high gates burned with fire. So the peoples are toiling for nothing, and nations weary themselves for fire.”

Cross References

Psalm 127:1

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless Adonai builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless Adonai watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain.

Isaiah 13:2

Lift up a banner on a bare mountain, raise a voice to them, wave a hand, so that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 47:13

You are weary of your consultations. So many! So let the astrologers, star-gazers, predicting by new moons, stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity. For they are the offspring of those blessed by Adonai, as well as descendants with them.

Jeremiah 50:15

Raise a war cry against her all around! She has thrown up her hands, her bulwarks are fallen, her walls thrown down. For it is Adonai’s vengeance: take vengeance on her, as she has done, do to her!

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Bel in Babylon— What he swallowed I will make him disgorge out of his mouth. Nations will no longer stream to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen!

Jeremiah 51:64

Then you will say: ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and not rise again, because of the calamity that I will bring on her. So they will weary themselves.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 51:9

We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed. Abandon her! Let’s go, each one to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to the heavens and has risen beyond the skies.

Jeremiah 9:5

“You dwell in the midst of deceit. In deceit they refuse to know Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Lamentations 5:5

Our pursuers are at our necks. We are weary and have no rest.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from Adonai-Tzva’ot that peoples toil to fuel a fire, and nations exhaust themselves for emptiness?