Jeremiah 51:28

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Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors, all their officials, and the whole land of their dominion.

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  • Jer 51:11 : 11 Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy her. This is the Lord's vengeance, the vengeance for His temple.
  • Jer 51:27 : 27 Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts!
  • Dan 5:28-30 : 28 Peres means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, put a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.
  • Dan 6:8 : 8 All the governors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, advisors, and officials have agreed to establish a royal decree and enforce an edict: Anyone who petitions any god or human besides you, O king, for thirty days shall be thrown into the lions' den.
  • Dan 8:3-4 : 3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two high horns standing beside the canal. One horn was higher than the other, and the higher one grew later. 4 I saw the ram charging to the west, north, and south. No animal could stand against it, and no one could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.
  • Dan 8:20 : 20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
  • Dan 9:1 : 1 In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,
  • Gen 10:2 : 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • 1 Chr 1:5 : 5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • Esth 1:3 : 3 In the third year of his reign, he held a banquet for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials of the provinces were present before him.
  • Esth 10:2 : 2 All his powerful acts, his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
  • Isa 13:17 : 17 Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who do not value silver and have no delight in gold.
  • Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision has been shown to me: The betrayer betrays, and the destroyer devastates. Go up, Elam! Surround, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.
  • Jer 25:25 : 25 All the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media.

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  • Jer 51:27
    86%

    27Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts!

  • Jer 51:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

    11Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy her. This is the Lord's vengeance, the vengeance for His temple.

    12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.

    13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

  • Jer 51:29
    79%

    29The earth trembles and writhes because the Lord’s plans against Babylon stand firm—to make the land of Babylon a desolate wasteland, without an inhabitant.

  • Jer 50:9-10
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    9For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a coalition of great nations from the north. They will line up for battle against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows are like skilled warriors; they will not return empty-handed.

    10Chaldea will become plunder; all who plunder her will be satisfied,' declares the LORD.

  • Jer 51:1-3
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    1This is what the Lord says: 'Behold, I am stirring up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai.'

    2I will send strangers against Babylon to scatter her and empty her land, for they will surround her on the day of calamity.

    3Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her entire army.

  • Jer 50:28-29
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    28Listen to the voice of those fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

    29Summon archers against Babylon, all who draw the bow. Encamp around her on every side, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jer 50:25-26
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    25The LORD has opened His armory and brought out the weapons of His wrath, for the Sovereign LORD of Hosts has a task to accomplish in the land of the Chaldeans.

    26Come against her from the farthest borders; open her granaries. Heap her up like piles of grain and destroy her completely. Let nothing be left of her.

  • Jer 50:14-16
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    14Take your positions around Babylon, all you who draw the bow. Shoot at her! Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.

    15Raise a shout against her on every side! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen, her walls are torn down. This is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.

    16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle at harvest time. Because of the oppressing sword, let each one return to his own people, and let every one flee to his own land.

  • Jer 50:1-3
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    1This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah.

    2Declare among the nations and proclaim it; raise a banner and proclaim it! Do not hide it. Say, 'Babylon has been captured; Bel is put to shame, Marduk is dismayed. Her idols are disgraced, her images shattered.'

    3For a nation has come against her from the north; it will make her land desolate. No one will live there—neither man nor beast—all will flee and be gone.

  • Jer 51:47-49
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    47Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her whole land will be disgraced, and all her slain will fall within her.

    48Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, because out of the north destroyers will come against her, declares the Lord.

    49Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

  • Jer 25:25
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    25All the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media.

  • Hab 1:6
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    6Look, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation that marches through the earth's breadth to seize dwellings not their own.

  • Jer 50:41
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    41Behold, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.

  • Jer 51:57-58
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    57I will make her officials, wise men, governors, commanders, and warriors drunk, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.

    58This is what the Lord of Hosts says: The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly demolished, and her high gates burned with fire. The peoples labor in vain; the nations exhaust themselves only to fuel the flames.

  • Jer 50:45-46
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    45Therefore, hear the counsel of the LORD that He has purposed against Babylon and the plans He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans. Surely, the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; surely, their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

    46At the sound of Babylon’s capture, the earth will quake, and the outcry will be heard among the nations.

  • Isa 13:17
    73%

    17Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who do not value silver and have no delight in gold.

  • Jer 50:22-23
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    22The sound of battle is in the land—a great destruction.

    23How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut down and broken! Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations.

  • Jer 51:53-54
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    53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, from Me destroyers will come against her, declares the Lord.

    54The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.

  • Jer 51:31-33
    3 verses
    73%

    31One courier runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.

    32The river crossings have been seized, the marshes have been set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.

    33This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; in a little while her harvest time will come.'

  • Jer 51:41
    72%

    41'How Sheshach has been captured, the glory of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

  • Jer 51:7
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    7Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, intoxicating the whole earth. The nations drank her wine; therefore, they have gone mad.

  • Jer 50:35
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    35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her officials and wise men.

  • Joel 3:9
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    9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Arouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and advance.

  • Jer 46:3
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    3Prepare your shields, both small and large, and march out for battle!

  • Jer 49:28
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    28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, struck, the LORD says this: Rise up, attack Kedar, and plunder the people of the east.

  • Jer 27:8
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    8But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.

  • Dan 5:28
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    28Peres means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Isa 21:2
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    2A harsh vision has been shown to me: The betrayer betrays, and the destroyer devastates. Go up, Elam! Surround, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.

  • Jer 51:24
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    24Before your eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

  • Jer 51:44
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    44'I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him, and even the wall of Babylon will fall.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities.