Jeremiah 51:56
For the destroyer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces. For LORD is a God of recompenses; he will surely requite.
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Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Psalms 37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms 76:3There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.
Isaiah 34:8For LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isaiah 59:18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay recompense to the islands.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →