Jeremiah 50

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1The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.27 cross-references: Jeremiah 25:26–27, Isaiah 13:1–3, Jeremiah 51:1–14, Isaiah 23:13, Acts 7:4
2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.56 cross-references: Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 21:9, Jeremiah 51:47, Jeremiah 51:44, Revelation 14:6–8
3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.26 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:11, Zephaniah 1:3, Jeremiah 50:9, Jeremiah 51:62, Isaiah 13:5–10
4In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.69 cross-references: Hosea 1:11, Hosea 3:5, Jeremiah 31:31, Isaiah 11:12–13, Jeremiah 31:6–7
5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.39 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:40, Hebrews 8:6–10, Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 35:8, Jeremiah 6:16
6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.43 cross-references: Isaiah 53:6, Matthew 9:36, Ezekiel 34:14, Matthew 10:6, Psalms 119:176
7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.39 cross-references: Jeremiah 14:8, Jeremiah 2:3, Zechariah 11:5, Jeremiah 40:2–3, Jeremiah 31:23
8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.18 cross-references: Isaiah 48:20, Jeremiah 51:6, Revelation 18:4, Jeremiah 51:45, 2 Corinthians 6:17
9For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.36 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:1–4, Jeremiah 15:14, 2 Samuel 1:22, Isaiah 21:2, Jeremiah 50:3
10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.10 cross-references: Jeremiah 25:12, Isaiah 33:4, Isaiah 33:23, Jeremiah 27:7, Isaiah 45:3
11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;51 cross-references: Isaiah 47:6, Jeremiah 46:21, Jeremiah 50:17, Psalms 83:1–5, Ezekiel 26:2–3
12Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.21 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:43, Jeremiah 25:26, Isaiah 13:20–22, Galatians 4:26, Jeremiah 25:12
13Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.23 cross-references: Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 49:17, Zephaniah 2:15, Zechariah 1:15, Jeremiah 25:12
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 the Lord.31 cross-references: Jeremiah 50:29, Habakkuk 2:17, Jeremiah 50:7, Jeremiah 50:42, Jeremiah 50:9
15Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.54 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:58, Jeremiah 51:6, Jeremiah 46:10, Revelation 18:6, Jeremiah 51:14
16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.11 cross-references: Isaiah 13:14, Jeremiah 51:9, Jeremiah 46:16, Joel 1:11, Jeremiah 51:23
17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.75 cross-references: Jeremiah 2:15, 2 Kings 18:9–13, Joel 3:2, John 10:10–12, Jeremiah 50:6
18Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.8 cross-references: Isaiah 10:12, Zephaniah 2:13–15, Isaiah 37:36–38, Nahum 1:1–3, Ezekiel 31:3–17
19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.47 cross-references: Ezekiel 34:13–14, Micah 7:14, Jeremiah 31:6, Amos 9:14–15, Isaiah 35:2
20In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.45 cross-references: Micah 7:19, Jeremiah 31:34, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 1:9, Hebrews 10:17–18
21Go 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.27 cross-references: Ezekiel 23:23, 2 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 15:11–24, Isaiah 10:6, Jeremiah 50:15
22A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.6 cross-references: Jeremiah 4:19–21, Jeremiah 51:54–56, Isaiah 21:2–4
23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!13 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:20–24, Revelation 18:16, Isaiah 14:4–6, Isaiah 14:12–17
24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.21 cross-references: Job 9:4, Daniel 5:30–31, Job 40:2, Job 40:9, Jeremiah 51:8
25The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.20 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:55, Jeremiah 51:25, Jeremiah 50:15, Isaiah 13:17–18, Jeremiah 51:11–12
26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.24 cross-references: Isaiah 14:23, Jeremiah 50:10, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 50:41, Isaiah 63:3–4
27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.37 cross-references: Isaiah 34:7, Jeremiah 46:21, Psalms 22:12, Psalms 37:13, Jeremiah 48:44
28The 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.27 cross-references: Isaiah 48:20, Lamentations 1:10, Jeremiah 50:15, Daniel 5:23, Lamentations 2:6–7
29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.43 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:56, Isaiah 47:10, Daniel 4:37, Jeremiah 50:14–15, Exodus 10:3
30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.15 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 9:21, Revelation 19:18, Jeremiah 51:56–57
31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.38 cross-references: Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 21:13, James 4:6, Habakkuk 2:4–5, Ezekiel 39:1
32And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.26 cross-references: Jeremiah 21:14, Jeremiah 49:27, Isaiah 10:12–15, Amos 2:5, Revelation 18:8
33Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.40 cross-references: Isaiah 14:17, Exodus 9:2–3, Isaiah 58:6, Jeremiah 50:17–18, Isaiah 47:6
34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.41 cross-references: Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 41:14, Jeremiah 51:36, Isaiah 47:4, Jeremiah 15:21
35A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.30 cross-references: Jeremiah 47:6, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 5:7–8, Daniel 5:30, Hosea 11:6
36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.33 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:22, Nahum 3:13, Isaiah 44:25, Jeremiah 50:30, Jeremiah 51:32
37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.29 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:30, Nahum 3:13, Jeremiah 25:20, Jeremiah 51:21, Jeremiah 48:41
38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.32 cross-references: Jeremiah 50:2, Revelation 16:12, Isaiah 44:27, Jeremiah 51:47, Jeremiah 51:52
39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.19 cross-references: Revelation 18:2, Isaiah 13:20–22, Jeremiah 25:12, Revelation 18:21–24, Isaiah 14:23
40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.27 cross-references: Genesis 19:24–25, Jude 1:7, Isaiah 13:19–20, 2 Peter 2:6, Luke 17:28–30
41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.19 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:27–28, Jeremiah 50:9, Isaiah 13:2–5, Jeremiah 6:22–23, Jeremiah 50:2–3
42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.24 cross-references: Isaiah 5:30, Jeremiah 8:16, Isaiah 47:6, Jeremiah 47:3, Isaiah 13:17–18
43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.20 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:31, Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 49:22, Isaiah 13:6–8, Daniel 5:5–6
44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?25 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:19–21, Exodus 15:11, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 46:9, Isaiah 40:25
45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.19 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 51:10–11, Ephesians 1:11, Psalms 33:10–11, Isaiah 14:24–27
46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.12 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:21, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 26:18, Revelation 18:9–19, Isaiah 14:9–10

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God, Jacob, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Ephraim

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Babylon, Zion, Assyria, Chaldea, Carmel, Bashan, Gilead, Pekod, Merathaim, Gomorrah, Sodom, Jordan