Jeremiah 51:58

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

Jeremiah 51:64

and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Habakkuk 2:13

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

Jeremiah 50:15

“Raise your battle cry against her on every side!
She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen,
Her walls have been torn down.
For this is the vengeance of the Lord:
Take vengeance on her;
As she has done to others, so do to her.

Jeremiah 51:44

“I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer stream to him.
Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down!

Isaiah 45:1-2

Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Psalm 127:1

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.

Isaiah 65:23

“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.

Jeremiah 51:9

We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Forsake her and let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has reached to heaven
And towers up to the very skies.

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They stay in the strongholds;
Their strength is exhausted,
They are becoming like women;
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The bars of her gates are broken.

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Summary

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

High gates

Jeremiah 51:30

Isaiah 45:1

The people

Bible References

High gates

The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They stay in the strongholds;

Their strength is exhausted,

They are becoming like women;
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The bars of her gates are broken.

Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

The people

We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Forsake her and let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has reached to heaven
And towers up to the very skies.

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
Unless the Lord

builds the house,

They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord

guards the city,

The watchman keeps awake in vain.

“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the

offspring of those blessed by the Lord,

And their descendants with them.

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?