Jeremiah 51:49
As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.
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Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:33This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.
Jeremiah 51:24And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.
Matthew 7:2For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
Revelation 18:5For her sins have gone up even to heaven, and God has taken note of her evil-doing.
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 →