Chapter
Jeremiah 51
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Book 1
Verses 64
| Reference | Verse |
|---|---|
| Jeremiah 51:1 | 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; |
| Jeremiah 51:2 | 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. |
| Jeremiah 51:3 | 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 host. |
| Jeremiah 51:4 | Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. |
| Jeremiah 51:5 | For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. |
| Jeremiah 51:6 | Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. |
| Jeremiah 51:7 | Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. |
| Jeremiah 51:8 | Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. |
| Jeremiah 51:9 | We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. |
| Jeremiah 51:10 | The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. |
| Jeremiah 51:11 | Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. |
| Jeremiah 51:12 | Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. |
| Jeremiah 51:13 | O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. |
| Jeremiah 51:14 | The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. |
| Jeremiah 51:15 | He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. |
| Jeremiah 51:16 | When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. |
| Jeremiah 51:17 | Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. |
| Jeremiah 51:18 | They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. |
| Jeremiah 51:19 | The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. |
| Jeremiah 51:20 | Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; |
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