Jeremiah 51:54

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

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  • Jer 50:22 : 22 The sound of battle is in the land—a great destruction.
  • Jer 50:46 : 46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture, the earth will quake, and the outcry will be heard among the nations.
  • Jer 48:3-5 : 3 A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation! 4 Moab is broken! A cry is heard; even her young ones make their distress known. 5 For at the ascent of Luhith, weeping goes with the steps; as they descend to Horonaim, cries of destruction are heard from the enemy.
  • Zeph 1:10 : 10 On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.
  • Rev 18:17-19 : 17 For in one hour such great wealth has been destroyed!' Every ship captain, all who travel by ship, sailors, and those who earn their living from the sea stood far off, 18 And they cried out as they watched the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' 19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe to the great city, in which all who owned ships at sea became rich from her wealth! For in one hour she has been laid waste.'
  • Jer 50:27 : 27 Slaughter all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish grips him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  • Isa 13:6-9 : 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. 7 Because of this, every hand will go limp and every human heart will melt with fear. 8 They will be terrified; pain and anguish will grip them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at each other in dismay, their faces aflame. 9 See, the day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and to destroy the sinners within it.
  • Isa 15:5 : 5 My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 51:55-56
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    55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste and silencing her loud noise. Her waves roar like mighty waters; the sound of their tumult resounds.

    56 For a destroyer has come against Babylon; her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; He will fully repay.

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

  • Jer 51:52-53
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    52 'Therefore, behold, the days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.'

    53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, from Me destroyers will come against her, declares the Lord.

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

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

  • Jer 51:47-49
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    47 Therefore, 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.

    48 Then 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.

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

  • 1 This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah.

  • 29 The 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 51:41-42
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    41 'How Sheshach has been captured, the glory of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

    42 The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its roaring waves.

  • Jer 51:6-9
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    6 Flee from Babylon! Save your lives! Do not perish in her punishment, for it is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will repay her what she has done.

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

    8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

    9 We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Leave her, and let each one go to his own land, for her judgment has reached to the heavens and has risen to the skies.

  • 28 Listen 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.

  • 3 A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!

  • 13 Because of the LORD's wrath, she will not be inhabited but will become completely desolate. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

  • Jer 51:44-45
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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.

    45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the Lord.

  • Jer 51:1-2
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    1 This is what the Lord says: 'Behold, I am stirring up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai.'

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

  • Jer 50:9-10
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    9 For 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.

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

  • 58 This 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 51:35-38
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    35 May the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon, says the inhabitant of Zion. May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem.

    36 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Behold, I will defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountains dry.'

    37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals, a horror and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.

    38 They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

  • 64 Then you shall say, 'This is how Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I will bring upon her. Her people will grow weary.' This is the end of Jeremiah's words.

  • 3 For 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.

  • 26 Come 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 50:15-16
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    15 Raise 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.

    16 Cut 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 51:12-13
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    12 Raise 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.

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

  • 24 Before 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 51:31-33
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    31 One courier runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.

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

    33 This 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.'

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

  • 4 The slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those pierced by the sword in her streets.

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

  • 19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.

  • 9 And behold, here comes a chariot of men, with pairs of horsemen. And he answered, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the carved images of her gods are shattered to the ground.'

  • Jer 25:11-12
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    11 This entire land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

    12 'But when the seventy years are completed,' declares the LORD, 'I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it desolate forever.'