Jeremiah 51:58
This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:
and her high gates consumed by fire.
The peoples will have labored for nothing;
the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the fire.
Jeremiah 51:64
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am bringing on her. They will grow weary.’”
The words of Jeremiah end here.
Habakkuk 2:13
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
Jeremiah 50:15
She has thrown up her hands in surrender;
her defense towers have fallen;
her walls are demolished.
Since this is the Lord’s vengeance,
take out your vengeance on her;
as she has done, do the same to her.
Jeremiah 51:44
I will make him vomit what he swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him;
even Babylon’s wall will fall.
Isaiah 45:1-2
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
Psalm 127:1
A Solomonic song of ascents.
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
Isaiah 65:23
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
Jeremiah 51:9
but she could not be healed.
Abandon her!
Let each of us go to his own land,
for her judgment extends to the sky
and reaches as far as the clouds.
Jeremiah 51:30
they sit in their strongholds.
Their might is exhausted;
they have become like women.
Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
her gate bars are shattered.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
High gates
The people
Bible References
High gates
they sit in their strongholds.
Their might is exhausted;
they have become like women.
Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
her gate bars are shattered.
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
The people
but she could not be healed.
Abandon her!
Let each of us go to his own land,
for her judgment extends to the sky
and reaches as far as the clouds.
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?