Jeremiah 51:3
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail; and spare not her young men: destroy utterly all her host.
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Psalms 137:9Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways.
Jeremiah 50:14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.
Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah 50:41Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.
James 2:13for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.
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 →