Verse 26
This{H1836} is the interpretation{H6591} of the thing:{H4406} MENE;{H4484} God{H426} hath numbered{H4483} thy kingdom,{H4437} and brought it to an end;{H8000}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 27:7 : 7 And all the nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647} him, and his son,{H1121} and his son's{H1121} son,{H1121} until the time{H6256} of his own land{H776} come:{H935} and then many{H7227} nations{H1471} and great{H1419} kings{H4428} shall make him their bondman.{H5647}
- Jer 50:1-9 : 1 The word{H1697} that Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} concerning Babylon,{H894} concerning the land{H776} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} by{H3027} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet.{H5030} 2 Declare{H5046} ye among the nations{H1471} and publish,{H8085} and set up{H5375} a standard;{H5251} publish,{H8085} and conceal{H3582} not: say,{H559} Babylon{H894} is taken,{H3920} Bel{H1078} is put to shame,{H3001} Merodach{H4781} is dismayed;{H2865} her images{H6091} are put to shame,{H3001} her idols{H1544} are dismayed.{H2865} 3 For out of the north{H6828} there cometh up{H5927} a nation{H1471} against her, which shall make{H7896} her land{H776} desolate,{H8047} and none shall dwell{H3427} therein: they are fled,{H5110} they are gone,{H1980} both man{H120} and beast.{H929} 4 In those days,{H3117} and in that time,{H6256} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall come,{H935} they and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} together;{H3162} they shall go{H1980} on their way{H3212} weeping,{H1058} and shall seek{H1245} Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 5 They shall inquire{H7592} concerning{H1870} Zion{H6726} with their faces{H6440} thitherward,{H2008} [saying], Come{H935} ye, and join{H3867} yourselves to Jehovah{H3068} in an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285} that shall not be forgotten.{H7911} 6 My people{H5971} have been lost{H6} sheep:{H6629} their shepherds{H7462} have caused them to go astray;{H8582} they have turned them away{H7725} on the mountains;{H2022} they have gone{H1980} from mountain{H2022} to hill;{H1389} they have forgotten{H7911} their resting-place.{H7258} 7 All that found{H4672} them have devoured{H398} them; and their adversaries{H6862} said,{H559} We are not guilty,{H816} because they have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah,{H3068} the habitation{H5116} of righteousness,{H6664} even Jehovah,{H3068} the hope{H4723} of their fathers.{H1} 8 Flee{H5110} out of the midst{H8432} of Babylon,{H894} and go forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} and be as the he-goats{H6260} before{H6440} the flocks.{H6629} 9 For, lo, I will stir up{H5927} and cause to come up{H5927} against Babylon{H894} a company{H6951} of great{H1419} nations{H1471} from the north{H6828} country;{H776} and they shall set themselves in array{H6186} against her; from thence she shall be taken:{H3920} their arrows{H2671} shall be as of an expert mighty{H1368} man;{H7919} none shall return{H7725} in vain.{H7387} 10 And Chaldea{H3778} shall be a prey:{H7998} all that prey{H7997} upon her shall be satisfied,{H7646} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 11 Because ye are glad,{H8055} because ye rejoice,{H8055} O ye that plunder{H8154} my heritage,{H5159} because ye are wanton{H6335} as a heifer{H5697} that treadeth out [the grain],{H1877} and neigh{H6670} as strong horses;{H47} 12 your mother{H517} shall be utterly{H3966} put to shame;{H954} she that bare{H3205} you shall be confounded:{H2659} behold, she shall be the hindermost{H319} of the nations,{H1471} a wilderness,{H4057} a dry land,{H6723} and a desert.{H6160} 13 Because of the wrath{H7110} of Jehovah{H3068} she shall not be inhabited,{H3427} but she shall be wholly desolate:{H8077} every one that goeth{H5674} by Babylon{H894} shall be astonished,{H8074} and hiss{H8319} at all her plagues.{H4347} 14 Set yourselves in array{H6186} against Babylon{H894} round about,{H5439} all ye that bend{H1869} the bow;{H7198} shoot{H3034} at her, spare{H2550} no arrows:{H2671} for she hath sinned{H2398} against Jehovah.{H3068} 15 Shout{H7321} against her round about:{H5439} she hath submitted{H5414} herself;{H3027} her bulwarks{H803} are fallen,{H5307} her walls{H2346} are thrown down;{H2040} for it is the vengeance{H5360} of Jehovah:{H3068} take vengeance{H5358} upon her; as she hath done,{H6213} do{H6213} unto her. 16 Cut off{H3772} the sower{H2232} from Babylon,{H894} and him that handleth{H8610} the sickle{H4038} in the time{H6256} of harvest:{H7105} for fear{H6440} of the oppressing{H3238} sword{H2719} they shall turn{H6437} every one{H376} to his people,{H5971} and they shall flee{H5127} every one{H376} to his own land.{H776} 17 Israel{H3478} is a hunted{H6340} sheep;{H7716} the lions{H738} have driven him away:{H5080} first,{H7223} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} devoured{H398} him; and now at last{H314} Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath broken his bones.{H6105} 18 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Behold, I will punish{H6485} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} and his land,{H776} as I have punished{H6485} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 19 And I will bring{H7725} Israel{H3478} again{H7725} to his pasture,{H5116} and he shall feed{H7462} on Carmel{H3760} and Bashan,{H1316} and his soul{H5315} shall be satisfied{H7646} upon the hills{H2022} of Ephraim{H669} and in Gilead.{H1568} 20 In those days,{H3117} and in that time,{H6256} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} the iniquity{H5771} of Israel{H3478} shall be sought for,{H1245} and there shall be none; and the sins{H2403} of Judah,{H3063} and they shall not be found:{H4672} for I will pardon{H5545} them whom I leave as a remnant.{H7604} 21 Go up{H5927} against the land{H776} of Merathaim,{H4850} even against it, and against the inhabitants{H3427} of Pekod:{H6489} slay{H2717} and utterly destroy{H2763} after{H310} them, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and do{H6213} according to all that I have commanded{H6680} thee. 22 A sound{H6963} of battle{H4421} is in the land,{H776} and of great{H1419} destruction.{H7667} 23 How is the hammer{H6360} of the whole earth{H776} cut asunder{H1438} and broken!{H7665} how is Babylon{H894} become a desolation{H8047} among the nations!{H1471} 24 I have laid a snare{H3369} for thee, and thou art also taken,{H3920} O Babylon,{H894} and thou wast not aware:{H3045} thou art found,{H4672} and also caught,{H8610} because thou hast striven{H1624} against Jehovah.{H3068} 25 Jehovah{H3068} hath opened{H6605} his armory,{H214} and hath brought forth{H3318} the weapons{H3627} of his indignation;{H2195} for the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H136} of hosts,{H6635} hath a work{H4399} [to do] in the land{H776} of the Chaldeans.{H3778} 26 Come{H935} against her from the utmost border;{H7093} open{H6605} her store-houses;{H3965} cast her up{H5549} as heaps,{H6194} and destroy her utterly;{H2763} let nothing of her be left.{H7611} 27 Slay{H2717} all her bullocks;{H6499} let them go down{H3381} to the slaughter:{H2874} woe{H1945} unto them! for their day{H3117} is come,{H935} the time{H6256} of their visitation.{H6486} 28 The voice{H6963} of them that flee{H5127} and escape out{H6405} of the land{H776} of Babylon,{H894} to declare{H5046} in Zion{H6726} the vengeance{H5360} of Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} the vengeance{H5360} of his temple.{H1964} 29 Call together{H8085} the archers{H7228} against Babylon,{H894} all them that bend{H1869} the bow;{H7198} encamp{H2583} against her round about;{H5439} let none thereof escape:{H6413} recompense{H7999} her according to her work;{H6467} according to all that she hath done,{H6213} do{H6213} unto her; for she hath been proud{H2102} against Jehovah,{H3068} against the Holy One{H6918} of Israel.{H3478} 30 Therefore shall her young men{H970} fall{H5307} in her streets,{H7339} and all her men{H582} of war{H4421} shall be brought to silence{H1826} in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud{H2087} one, saith{H5002} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts;{H6635} for thy day{H3117} is come,{H935} the time{H6256} that I will visit{H6485} thee. 32 And the proud{H2087} one shall stumble{H3782} and fall,{H5307} and none shall raise him up;{H6965} and I will kindle{H3341} a fire{H784} in his cities,{H5892} and it shall devour{H398} all that are round about{H5439} him. 33 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} The children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} are oppressed{H6231} together;{H3162} and all that took them captive{H7617} hold them fast;{H2388} they refuse{H3985} to let them go.{H7971} 34 Their Redeemer{H1350} is strong;{H2389} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is his name:{H8034} he will thoroughly{H7378} plead{H7378} their cause,{H7379} that he may give rest{H7280} to the earth,{H776} and disquiet{H7264} the inhabitants{H3427} of Babylon.{H894} 35 A sword{H2719} is upon the Chaldeans,{H3778} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} of Babylon,{H894} and upon her princes,{H8269} and upon her wise{H2450} men. 36 A sword{H2719} is upon the boasters,{H907} and they shall become fools;{H2973} a sword{H2719} is upon her mighty men,{H1368} and they shall be dismayed.{H2865} 37 A sword{H2719} is upon their horses,{H5483} and upon their chariots,{H7393} and upon all the mingled people{H6153} that are in the midst{H8432} of her; and they shall become as women:{H802} a sword{H2719} is upon her treasures,{H214} and they shall be robbed.{H962} 38 A drought{H2721} is upon her waters,{H4325} and they shall be dried up;{H3001} for it is a land{H776} of graven images,{H6456} and they are mad{H1984} over idols.{H367} 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert{H6728} with the wolves{H338} shall dwell{H3427} there, and the ostriches{H1323} shall dwell{H3427} therein: and it shall be no more inhabited{H3427} for ever;{H5331} neither shall it be dwelt{H7931} in from generation{H1755} to generation.{H1755} 40 As when God{H430} overthrew{H4114} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017} and the neighbor{H7934} cities thereof, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} so shall no man{H376} dwell{H3427} there, neither shall any son{H1121} of man{H120} sojourn{H1481} therein. 41 Behold, a people{H5971} cometh{H935} from the north;{H6828} and a great{H1419} nation{H1471} and many{H7227} kings{H4428} shall be stirred up{H5782} from the uttermost parts{H3411} of the earth.{H776} 42 They lay hold{H2388} on bow{H7198} and spear;{H3591} they are cruel,{H394} and have no mercy;{H7355} their voice{H6963} roareth{H1993} like the sea;{H3220} and they ride{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} every one set in array,{H6186} as a man{H376} to the battle,{H4421} against thee, O daughter{H1323} of Babylon.{H894} 43 The king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath heard{H8085} the tidings{H8088} of them, and his hands{H3027} wax feeble:{H7503} anguish{H6869} hath taken hold{H2388} of him, and pangs{H2427} as of a woman in travail.{H3205} 44 Behold, [the enemy] shall come up{H5927} like a lion{H738} from the pride{H1347} of the Jordan{H3383} against the strong{H386} habitation:{H5116} for I will suddenly{H7280} make{H7323} them run away{H7323} from it; and whoso is chosen,{H977} him will I appoint{H6485} over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time?{H3259} and who is the shepherd{H7462} that can stand{H5975} before{H6440} me? 45 Therefore hear{H8085} ye the counsel{H6098} of Jehovah,{H3068} that he hath taken{H3289} against Babylon;{H894} and his purposes,{H4284} that he hath purposed{H2803} against the land{H776} of the Chaldeans:{H3778} Surely they shall drag them away,{H5498} [even] the little{H6810} ones of the flock;{H6629} surely he shall make their habitation{H5116} desolate{H8074} over them. 46 At the noise{H6963} of the taking{H8610} of Babylon{H894} the earth{H776} trembleth,{H7493} and the cry{H2201} is heard{H8085} among the nations.{H1471}
- Dan 9:2 : 2 in the first{H259} year{H8141} of his reign{H4427} I, Daniel,{H1840} understood{H995} by the books{H5612} the number{H4557} of the years{H8141} whereof the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet,{H5030} for the accomplishing{H4390} of the desolations{H2723} of Jerusalem,{H3389} even seventy{H7657} years.{H8141}
- Acts 15:18 : 18 Saith the Lord,{G2316} who{G846} maketh{G2076} these{G3956} things{G2041} known{G1110} from{G575} of old.{G165}
- Job 14:14 : 14 If a man{H1397} die,{H4191} shall he live{H2421} [again]? All the days{H3117} of my warfare{H6635} would I wait,{H3176} Till my release{H2487} should come.{H935}
- Isa 13:1-9 : 1 The burden{H4853} of Babylon,{H894} which Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} did see.{H2372} 2 Set ye up{H5375} an ensign{H5251} upon the bare{H8192} mountain,{H2022} lift up{H7311} the voice{H6963} unto them, wave{H5130} the hand,{H3027} that they may go{H935} into the gates{H6607} of the nobles.{H5081} 3 I have commanded{H6680} my consecrated ones,{H6942} yea, I have called{H7121} my mighty men{H1368} for mine anger,{H639} even my proudly{H1346} exulting{H5947} ones. 4 The noise{H6963} of a multitude{H1995} in the mountains,{H2022} as{H1823} of a great{H7227} people!{H5971} the noise{H6963} of a tumult{H6963} of the kingdoms{H4467} of the nations{H1471} gathered together!{H622} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is mustering{H6485} the host{H6635} for the battle.{H4421} 5 They come{H935} from a far{H4801} country,{H776} from the uttermost{H7097} part of heaven,{H8064} even Jehovah,{H3068} and the weapons{H3627} of his indignation,{H2195} to destroy{H2254} the whole land.{H776} 6 Wail{H3213} ye; for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is at hand;{H7138} as destruction{H7701} from the Almighty{H7706} shall it come.{H935} 7 Therefore shall all hands{H3027} be feeble,{H7503} and every heart{H3824} of man{H582} shall melt:{H4549} 8 and they shall be dismayed;{H926} pangs{H6735} and sorrows{H2256} shall take hold{H270} [of them]; they shall be in pain{H2342} as a woman in travail:{H2342} they shall look in amazement{H8539} one{H376} at another;{H7453} their faces{H6440} [shall be] faces{H6440} of flame. 9 Behold, the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} cometh,{H935} cruel,{H394} with wrath{H5678} and fierce{H2740} anger;{H639} to make{H7760} the land{H776} a desolation,{H8047} and to destroy{H8045} the sinners{H2400} thereof out of it. 10 For the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} and the constellations{H3685} thereof shall not give{H1984} their light;{H216} the sun{H8121} shall be darkened{H2821} in its going forth,{H3318} and the moon{H3394} shall not cause its light{H216} to shine.{H5050} 11 And I will punish{H6485} the world{H8398} for [their] evil,{H7451} and the wicked{H7563} for their iniquity:{H5771} and I will cause the arrogancy{H1347} of the proud{H2086} to cease,{H7673} and will lay low{H8213} the haughtiness{H1346} of the terrible.{H6184} 12 I will make a man{H582} more rare{H3365} than fine gold,{H6337} even a man{H120} than the pure gold{H3800} of Ophir.{H211} 13 Therefore I will make the heavens{H8064} to tremble,{H7264} and the earth{H776} shall be shaken{H7493} out of its place,{H4725} in the wrath{H5678} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and in the day{H3117} of his fierce{H2740} anger.{H639} 14 And it shall come to pass, that as the chased{H5080} roe,{H6643} and as sheep{H6629} that no man{H376} gathereth,{H6908} they shall turn{H6437} every man{H376} to his own people,{H5971} and shall flee{H5127} every man to his own land.{H776}
- Isa 21:1-9 : 1 The burden{H4853} of the wilderness{H4057} of the sea.{H3220} As whirlwinds{H5492} in the South{H5045} sweep{H2498} through, it cometh{H935} from the wilderness,{H4057} from a terrible{H3372} land.{H776} 2 A grievous{H7186} vision{H2380} is declared{H5046} unto me; the treacherous man{H898} dealeth treacherously,{H898} and the destroyer{H7703} destroyeth.{H7703} Go up,{H5927} O Elam;{H5867} besiege,{H6696} O Media;{H4074} all the sighing{H585} thereof have I made to cease.{H7673} 3 Therefore are my loins{H4975} filled{H4390} with anguish;{H2479} pangs{H6735} have taken hold{H270} upon me, as the pangs{H6735} of a woman in travail:{H3205} I am pained{H5753} so that I cannot hear;{H8085} I am dismayed{H926} so that I cannot see.{H7200} 4 My heart{H3824} fluttereth,{H8582} horror{H6427} hath affrighted{H1204} me; the twilight{H5399} that I desired{H2837} hath been turned{H7760} into trembling{H2731} unto me. 5 They prepare{H6186} the table,{H7979} they set{H6186} the watch,{H6822} they eat,{H398} they drink:{H8354} rise{H6965} up, ye princes,{H8269} anoint{H4886} the shield.{H4043} 6 For thus hath the Lord{H136} said{H559} unto me, Go,{H3212} set{H5975} a watchman:{H6822} let him declare{H5046} what he seeth:{H7200} 7 and when he seeth{H7200} a troop,{H7393} horsemen{H6571} in pairs,{H6776} a troop{H7393} of asses,{H2543} a troop{H7393} of camels,{H1581} he shall hearken{H7181} diligently{H7182} with much{H7227} heed.{H7182} 8 And he cried{H7121} as a lion:{H738} O Lord,{H136} I stand{H5975} continually{H8548} upon the watch-tower{H4707} in the day-time,{H3119} and am set{H5324} in my ward{H4931} whole nights;{H3915} 9 and, behold, here cometh{H935} a troop{H7393} of men,{H376} horsemen{H6571} in pairs.{H6776} And he answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Fallen,{H5307} fallen{H5307} is Babylon;{H894} and all the graven images{H6456} of her gods{H430} are broken{H7665} unto the ground.{H776} 10 O thou my threshing,{H4098} and the grain{H1121} of my floor!{H1637} that which I have heard{H8085} from Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} have I declared{H5046} unto you.
- Isa 47:1-9 : 1 Come down,{H3381} and sit{H3427} in the dust,{H6083} O virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Babylon;{H894} sit{H3427} on the ground{H776} without a throne,{H3678} O daughter{H1323} of the Chaldeans:{H3778} for thou shalt no more{H3254} be called{H7121} tender{H7390} and delicate.{H6028} 2 Take{H3947} the millstones,{H7347} and grind{H2912} meal;{H7058} remove{H1540} thy veil,{H6777} strip{H2834} off the train,{H7640} uncover{H1540} the leg,{H7785} pass through{H5674} the rivers.{H5104} 3 Thy nakedness{H6172} shall be uncovered,{H1540} yea, thy shame{H2781} shall be seen:{H7200} I will take{H3947} vengeance,{H5359} and will spare{H6293} no man.{H120} 4 Our Redeemer,{H1350} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is his name,{H8034} the Holy One{H6918} of Israel.{H3478} 5 Sit{H3427} thou silent,{H1748} and get{H935} thee into darkness,{H2822} O daughter{H1323} of the Chaldeans;{H3778} for thou shalt no more{H3254} be called{H7121} The mistress{H1404} of kingdoms.{H4467} 6 I was wroth{H7107} with my people,{H5971} I profaned{H2490} mine inheritance,{H5159} and gave{H5414} them into thy hand:{H3027} thou didst show{H7760} them no mercy;{H7356} upon the aged{H2205} hast thou very{H3966} heavily{H3513} laid thy yoke.{H5923} 7 And thou saidst,{H559} I shall be mistress{H1404} for ever;{H5769} so that thou didst not lay{H7760} these things to thy heart,{H3820} neither didst remember{H2142} the latter end{H319} thereof. 8 Now therefore hear{H8085} this, thou that art given to pleasures,{H5719} that sittest{H3427} securely,{H983} that sayest{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} I am, and there is none else{H657} besides me; I shall not sit{H3427} as a widow,{H490} neither shall I know{H3045} the loss of children:{H7908} 9 but these two{H8147} things shall come{H935} to thee in a moment{H7281} in one{H259} day,{H3117} the loss of children,{H7908} and widowhood;{H489} in their full measure{H8537} shall they come{H935} upon thee, in the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries,{H3785} and the great{H3966} abundance{H6109} of thine enchantments.{H2267} 10 For thou hast trusted{H982} in thy wickedness;{H7451} thou hast said,{H559} None seeth{H7200} me; thy wisdom{H2451} and thy knowledge,{H1847} it hath perverted{H7725} thee, and thou hast said{H559} in thy heart,{H3820} I am, and there is none else{H657} besides me. 11 Therefore shall evil{H7451} come{H935} upon thee; thou shalt not know{H3045} the dawning{H7837} thereof: and mischief{H1943} shall fall{H5307} upon thee; thou shalt not be able{H3201} to put it away:{H3722} and desolation{H7722} shall come{H935} upon thee suddenly,{H6597} which thou knowest{H3045} not. 12 Stand{H5975} now with thine enchantments,{H2267} and with the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries,{H3785} wherein{H834} thou hast labored{H3021} from thy youth;{H5271} if so be thou shalt be able{H3201} to profit,{H3276} if so be thou mayest prevail.{H6206} 13 Thou art wearied{H3811} in the multitude{H7230} of thy counsels:{H6098} let now the astrologers,{H1895} the star-gazers,{H2374} the monthly{H2320} prognosticators,{H3045} stand up,{H5975} and save{H3467} thee from the things that shall come{H935} upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble;{H7179} the fire{H784} shall burn{H8313} them; they shall not deliver{H5337} themselves{H5315} from the power{H3027} of the flame:{H3852} it shall not be a coal{H1513} to warm{H2552} at, nor a fire{H217} to sit{H3427} before. 15 Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored:{H3021} they that have trafficked{H5503} with thee from thy youth{H5271} shall wander{H8582} every one{H376} to his quarter;{H5676} there shall be none to save{H3467} thee.
- Jer 25:11-12 : 11 And this whole land{H776} shall be a desolation,{H2723} and an astonishment;{H8047} and these nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} seventy{H7657} years.{H8141} 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy{H7657} years{H8141} are accomplished,{H4390} that I will punish{H6485} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and that nation,{H1471} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} for their iniquity,{H5771} and the land{H776} of the Chaldeans;{H3778} and I will make{H7760} it desolate{H8077} for ever.{H5769}