Jeremiah 50:28

The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

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In The King James Version

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.

In Context

27Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation."

29"Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

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Cross References

Psalms 149:6May the high praises of God be in their mouths,and a two-edged sword in their hand;

Jeremiah 50:15Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

Jeremiah 51:50You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand still; remember the Lord from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

Lamentations 2:6He has done violence to his temple, as if it were a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly.The Lord has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion.He has spurned in his fierce anger the king and the priest.ZAYIN

Daniel 5:23but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know. And the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:22-33

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord , and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware:… Read the whole commentary →

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