Jeremiah 51:14-24

14 The 1LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: "Surely * I will fill you with a population like 2locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you."
15 It is 3He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And by His understanding He 4stretched out the heavens.
16 When He utters His 5voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the 6clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain And brings forth the 7wind from His storehouses.
17 8All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his molten images are 9deceitful, And there is no breath in them.
18 They are 10worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 The 11portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And of the tribe of His inheritance; The 12LORD of hosts is His name.
20 He says, "You are My 13war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I 14shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms.
21 "With you I 15shatter the horse and his rider, And with you I shatter the 16chariot and its rider,
22 And with you I shatter 17man and woman, And with you I shatter old man and 18youth, And with you I shatter young man and virgin,
23 And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, And with you I shatter the farmer and his team, And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
24 "But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of 19Chaldea for 20all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the LORD.

Cross References 20

  • 1. Jeremiah 49:13
  • 2. Jeremiah 51:27; Nahum 3:15
  • 3. Genesis 1:1; Jeremiah 10:12-16; Jeremiah 51:15-19
  • 4. Job 9:8; Psalms 146:5, 6; Jeremiah 32:17; Acts 14:15; Romans 1:20
  • 5. Job 37:2-6; Psalms 18:13
  • 6. Psalms 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13
  • 7. Jonah 1:4
  • 8. Isaiah 44:18-20; Jeremiah 10:14
  • 9. Habakkuk 2:18, 19
  • 10. Jeremiah 18:15
  • 11. Psalms 73:26; Jeremiah 10:16
  • 12. Jeremiah 50:34
  • 13. Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 41:15, 16; Jeremiah 50:23
  • 14. Isaiah 8:9; Isaiah 41:15, 16; Micah 4:12, 13
  • 15. Exodus 15:1
  • 16. Exodus 15:4; Isaiah 43:17
  • 17. 2 Chronicles 36:17; Isaiah 13:15, 16
  • 18. Isaiah 13:18
  • 19. Jeremiah 50:10
  • 20. Jeremiah 50:15, 29

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