Jeremiah 51:53 Cross References

Jeremiah 51:53

53: Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens, and though she increases her strength immeasurably, I will send enemies to plunder her," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:16

  1. You are proud that you inspire fear in others. And you are proud because you live in a rock fortress and hide high in the mountains. But don't fool yourselves! Though you live among the peaks with the eagles, I will bring you crashing down," says the LORD.

Genesis 11:4

  1. Let's build a great city with a tower that reaches to the skies--a monument to our greatness! This will bring us together and keep us from scattering all over the world."

Psalms 139:8

  1. If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there.
  2. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
  3. even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.

Obadiah 1:3

  1. You are proud because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. `Who can ever reach us way up here?' you ask boastfully. Don't fool yourselves!
  2. Though you soar as high as eagles and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Jeremiah 51:25

  1. "Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth! I am your enemy," says the LORD. "I will raise my fist against you, to roll you down from the heights. When I am finished, you will be nothing but a heap of rubble.

Isaiah 10:6

  1. Assyria will enslave my people, who are a godless nation. It will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
  2. But the king of Assyria will not know that it is I who sent him. He will merely think he is attacking my people as part of his plan to conquer the world.

Jeremiah 51:58

  1. This is what the LORD Almighty says: "The wide walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground, and her high gates will be burned. The builders from many lands have worked in vain, for their work will be destroyed by fire!"

Jeremiah 50:9

  1. For look, I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. I will bring them against Babylon to attack her, and she will be captured. The enemies' arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss!
  2. Babylonia will be plundered until the attackers are glutted with plunder," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:1

  1. This is what the LORD says: "I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.
  2. Foreigners will come and winnow her, blowing her away as chaff. They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble.
  3. Don't let the archers put on their armor or draw their bows. No one will be spared! Young and old alike will be completely destroyed.
  4. They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slashed to death in her streets.

Ezekiel 31:9

  1. Because of the magnificence I gave this tree, it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden, the garden of God.
  2. "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because it became proud and arrogant, and because it set itself so high above the others, reaching to the clouds,
  3. I handed it over to a mighty nation that destroyed it as its wickedness deserved. I myself discarded it.

Isaiah 47:7

  1. You thought, `I will reign forever as queen of the world!' You did not care at all about my people or think about the consequences of your actions.

Isaiah 45:1

  1. This is what the LORD says to Cyrus, his anointed one, whose right hand he will empower. Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear. Their fortress gates will be opened, never again to shut against him.
  2. This is what the LORD says: "I will go before you, Cyrus, and level the mountains. I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.
  3. And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness--secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.
  4. "And why have I called you for this work? It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one. I called you by name when you did not know me.
  5. I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have prepared you, even though you do not know me,

Isaiah 41:25

  1. "But I have stirred up a leader from the north and east. He will come against the nations and call on my name, and I will give him victory over kings and princes. He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

Jeremiah 50:31

  1. "See, I am your enemy, O proud people," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty. "Your day of reckoning has arrived.
  2. O land of pride, you will stumble and fall, and no one will raise you up. For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon that will burn everything around them."
  3. And now the LORD Almighty says this: "The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.
  4. But the one who redeems them is strong. His name is the LORD Almighty. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel. But the people of Babylon--there will be no rest for them!

Isaiah 13:2

  1. "See the flags waving as the enemy attacks. Cheer them on, O Israel! Wave to them as they march against Babylon to destroy the palaces of the high and mighty.
  2. I, the LORD, have assigned this task to these armies, and they will rejoice when I am exalted. I have called them to satisfy my anger."
  3. Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the armies march! It is the noise and the shout of many nations. The LORD Almighty has brought them here to form an army.
  4. They came from countries far away. They are the LORD's weapons; they carry his anger with them and will destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 47:5

  1. "O daughter of Babylonia, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 51:48

  1. The heavens and earth will rejoice, for out of the north will come destroying armies against Babylon," says the LORD.

Isaiah 13:17

  1. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off.

Jeremiah 51:11

  1. Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple.

Jeremiah 50:45

  1. Listen to the LORD's plans against Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. Even little children will be dragged off, and their homes will be empty.

Amos 9:4

  1. Even if they are driven into exile, I will command the sword to kill them there. I am determined to bring disaster upon them and not to help them."

Jeremiah 50:25

  1. "The LORD has opened his armory and brought out weapons to vent his fury against his enemies. The terror that falls upon the Babylonians will be the work of the Sovereign LORD Almighty.

Daniel 4:30

  1. As he looked out across the city, he said, `Just look at this great city of Babylon! I, by my own mighty power, have built this beautiful city as my royal residence and as an expression of my royal splendor.'

Jeremiah 50:21

  1. "Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land that I will judge! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the LORD.

Isaiah 14:12

  1. "How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
  2. For you said to yourself, `I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north.
  3. I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.'
  4. But instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.
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