Jeremiah 27:9
For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied.
Cross References
Exodus 7:11But Pharao called together the wise men of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers also of the Egyptians did likewise with their sorceries.
Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found in you one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who + 18:10 Gr. divines. uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury,
Joshua 13:22And Balaam the son of Baeor the prophet they killed in the battle.
Isaiah 47:12Stand now with your enchantments, and with the abundance of your sorcery, which you have learned from your youth; if you can be profited.
Jeremiah 23:16Thus says the Lord Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:32Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:2-12
Nebuchadnezzar's Victories Predicted. ( b. c. 597.) 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4 And command them to… Read the whole commentary →