Verses
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- “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
- O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
- This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- …you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! …
- This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror. …
- Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
- “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
- Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
- …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. …
- But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. …
- At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD. …
- For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
- Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
- The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
- And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
- Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
- And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
- When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
- This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt: …
- Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east! …
- This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
- This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
- “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
- In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
- This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
- He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. …
- In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great. …
- Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. …
- In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
- “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you. …
- “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” …