Jeremiah 50:9
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like those of a skilled
who does not return empty-handed.
2 Samuel 1:22
Saul’s sword never returned unstained,
from the blood of the slain,
from the bodies of the mighty.
Ezra 1:1-2
In
Isaiah 13:2-5
Call out to them.
Wave your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.
Isaiah 13:17-18
who cannot be bought off with
and who have no desire for gold.
Isaiah 21:2
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Isaiah 41:25
one from the east
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.
Isaiah 45:1-4
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:
Jeremiah 15:14
in a land you do not know,
for My anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you.
Jeremiah 50:3
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
Jeremiah 50:14
all you archers!
Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow,
for she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:21
and against those living in Pekod.
Put them to the sword;
completely destroy them—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
do everything I have commanded you.
Jeremiah 50:26
Open her granaries;
pile her up like mounds of grain
and completely destroy her.
Leave her no survivors.
Jeremiah 50:29
all who string the bow;
camp all around her; let none escape.
Repay her according to her deeds;
just as she has done, do the same to her,
for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord,
against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:41-42
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:1-4
This is what the Lord says:
and against the population of Leb-qamai.
Jeremiah 51:11
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has put it into the mind
of the kings of the Medes
because His plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for His temple.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm
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I will raise
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I will raise
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
in a land you do not know,
for My anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you.
and against the population of Leb-qamai.
Call out to them.
Wave your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”
one from the east
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.
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:
They shall
all you archers!
Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow,
for she has sinned against the Lord.
None
Saul’s sword never returned unstained,
from the blood of the slain,
from the bodies of the mighty.
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.
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and all your adversaries—all of them—
will go off into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered,
and all who raid you will be raided.
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.