Verse 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}
Referenced Verses
- Isa 5:26 : 26 And he will lift up{H5375} an ensign{H5251} to the nations{H1471} from far,{H7350} and will hiss{H8319} for them from the end{H7097} of the earth;{H776} and, behold, they shall come{H935} with speed{H4120} swiftly.{H7031}
- Isa 13:17 : 17 Behold, I will stir up{H5782} the Medes{H4074} against them, who shall not regard{H2803} silver,{H3701} and as for gold,{H2091} they shall not delight{H2654} in it.
- Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, Jehovah{H3068} maketh the earth{H776} empty,{H1238} and maketh it waste,{H1110} and turneth{H5753} it upside down,{H6440} and scattereth abroad{H6327} the inhabitants{H3427} thereof.
- Jer 50:3 : 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}
- Jer 50:9 : 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}
- Jer 51:11 : 11 Make sharp{H1305} the arrows;{H2671} hold firm{H4390} the shields:{H7982} Jehovah{H3068} hath stirred up{H5782} the spirit{H7307} of the kings{H4428} of the Medes;{H4074} because his purpose{H4209} is against Babylon,{H894} to destroy{H7843} it: for it is the vengeance{H5360} of Jehovah,{H3068} the vengeance{H5360} of his temple.{H1964}
- Jer 51:20-46 : 20 Thou art my battle-axe{H4661} and weapons{H3627} of war:{H4421} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the nations;{H1471} and with thee will I destroy{H7843} kingdoms;{H4467} 21 and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the horse{H5483} and his rider;{H7392} 22 and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the chariot{H7393} and him that rideth{H7392} therein; and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} man{H376} and woman;{H802} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the old{H2205} man and the youth;{H5288} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the young man{H970} and the virgin;{H1330} 23 and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the shepherd{H7462} and his flock;{H5739} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} the husbandman{H406} and his yoke [of oxen];{H6776} and with thee will I break in pieces{H5310} governors{H6346} and deputies.{H5461} 24 And I will render{H7999} unto Babylon{H894} and to all the inhabitants{H3427} of Chaldea{H3778} all their evil{H7451} that they have done{H6213} in Zion{H6726} in your sight,{H5869} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying{H4889} mountain,{H2022} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} which destroyest{H7843} all the earth;{H776} and I will stretch out{H5186} my hand{H3027} upon thee, and roll thee down{H1556} from the rocks,{H5553} and will make{H5414} thee a burnt{H8316} mountain.{H2022} 26 And they shall not take{H3947} of thee a stone{H68} for a corner,{H6438} nor a stone{H68} for foundations;{H4146} but thou shalt be desolate{H8077} for ever,{H5769} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 27 Set ye up{H5375} a standard{H5251} in the land,{H776} blow{H8628} the trumpet{H7782} among the nations,{H1471} prepare{H6942} the nations{H1471} against her, call together{H8085} against her the kingdoms{H4467} of Ararat,{H780} Minni,{H4508} and Ashkenaz:{H813} appoint{H6485} a marshal{H2951} against her; cause the horses{H5483} to come up{H5927} as the rough{H5569} canker-worm.{H3218} 28 Prepare{H6942} against her the nations,{H1471} the kings{H4428} of the Medes,{H4074} the governors{H6346} thereof, and all the deputies{H5461} thereof, and all the land{H776} of their dominion.{H4475} 29 And the land{H776} trembleth{H7493} and is in pain;{H2342} for the purposes{H4284} of Jehovah{H3068} against Babylon{H894} do stand,{H6965} to make{H7760} the land{H776} of Babylon{H894} a desolation,{H8047} without inhabitant.{H3427} 30 The mighty men{H1368} of Babylon{H894} have forborne{H2308} to fight,{H3898} they remain{H3427} in their strongholds;{H4679} their might{H1369} hath failed;{H5405} they are become as women:{H802} her dwelling-places{H4908} are set on fire;{H3341} her bars{H1280} are broken.{H7665} 31 One post{H7323} shall run{H7323} to meet{H7125} another,{H7323} and one messenger{H5046} to meet{H7125} another,{H5046} to show{H5046} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} that his city{H5892} is taken{H3920} on every quarter:{H7097} 32 and the passages{H4569} are seized,{H8610} and the reeds{H98} they have burned{H8313} with fire,{H784} and the men{H582} of war{H4421} are affrighted.{H926} 33 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} The daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894} is like a threshing-floor{H1637} at the time{H6256} when{H6256} it is trodden; yet a little while,{H4592} and the time{H6256} of harvest{H7105} shall come{H935} for her. 34 Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath devoured{H398} me, he hath crushed{H2000} me, he hath made{H3322} me an empty{H7385} vessel,{H3627} he hath, like a monster,{H8577} swallowed me up,{H1104} he hath filled{H4390} his maw{H3770} with my delicacies;{H5730} he hath cast me out.{H1740} 35 The violence{H2555} done to me and to my flesh{H7607} be upon Babylon,{H894} shall the inhabitant{H3427} of Zion{H6726} say;{H559} and, My blood{H1818} be upon the inhabitants{H3427} of Chaldea,{H3778} shall Jerusalem{H3389} say.{H559} 36 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, I will plead{H7378} thy cause,{H7379} and take vengeance{H5358} for thee;{H5360} and I will dry up{H2717} her sea,{H3220} and make her fountain{H4726} dry.{H3001} 37 And Babylon{H894} shall become heaps,{H1530} a dwelling-place{H4583} for jackals,{H8577} an astonishment,{H8047} and a hissing,{H8322} without inhabitant.{H3427} 38 They shall roar{H7580} together{H3162} like young lions;{H3715} they shall growl{H5286} as lions'{H738} whelps.{H1484} 39 When they are heated,{H2527} I will make{H7896} their feast,{H4960} and I will make them drunken,{H7937} that they may rejoice,{H5937} and sleep{H3462} a perpetual{H5769} sleep,{H8142} and not wake,{H6974} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 40 I will bring them down{H3381} like lambs{H3733} to the slaughter,{H2873} like rams{H352} with he-goats.{H6260} 41 How is Sheshach{H8347} taken!{H3920} and the praise{H8416} of the whole earth{H776} seized!{H8610} how is Babylon{H894} become a desolation{H8047} among the nations!{H1471} 42 The sea{H3220} is come up{H5927} upon Babylon;{H894} she is covered{H3680} with the multitude{H1995} of the waves{H1530} thereof. 43 Her cities{H5892} are become a desolation,{H8047} a dry{H6723} land,{H776} and a desert,{H6160} a land{H776} wherein no man{H376} dwelleth,{H3427} neither doth any son{H1121} of man{H120} pass{H5674} thereby.{H2004} 44 And I will execute judgment{H6485} upon Bel{H1078} in Babylon,{H894} and I will bring forth{H3318} out{H3318} of his mouth{H6310} that which he hath swallowed up;{H1105} and the nations{H1471} shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall{H2346} of Babylon{H894} shall fall.{H5307} 45 My people,{H5971} go ye out{H3318} of the midst{H8432} of her, and save{H4422} yourselves{H5315} every man{H376} from the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah.{H3068} 46 And let not your heart{H3824} faint,{H7401} neither fear{H3372} ye for the tidings{H8052} that shall be heard{H8085} in the land;{H776} for tidings{H8052} shall come{H935} one year,{H8141} and after{H310} that in another year{H8141} shall come tidings,{H8052} and violence{H2555} in the land,{H776} ruler{H4910} against ruler.{H4910}
- Matt 24:31 : 31 And{G2532} he shall send{G649} forth his{G846} angels{G32} with{G3326} a{G5456} great{G3173} sound{G5456} of a trumpet,{G4536} and{G2532} they shall gather together{G1996} his{G846} elect{G1588} from{G1537} the{G417} four{G5064} winds,{G417} from{G1537} one end{G206} of heaven{G3772} to{G2193} the other.{G846}