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For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
I will raise
They shall
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I will raise
Jeremiah 50:3 For a nation from the north will come against her;
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
Jeremiah 15:14 Then I will make you serve your enemies
in a land you do not know,
for My anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you.
in a land you do not know,
for My anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you.
Jeremiah 51:1
This is what the Lord says:
I am about to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon
and against the population of Leb-qamai.
and against the population of Leb-qamai.
Ezra 1:1
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
Isaiah 13:2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.
Call out to them.
Wave your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.
Call out to them.
Wave your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.
Isaiah 21:2 A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”
“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 “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,
one from the east who invokes My name.
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.
one from the east
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.
Isaiah 45:1 The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm kings,
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
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
Jeremiah 50:14 Line up in battle formation around Babylon,
all you archers!
Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow,
for she has sinned against the Lord.
all you archers!
Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow,
for she has sinned against the Lord.
None
2 Samuel 1:22 Jonathan’s bow never retreated,
Saul’s sword never returned unstained,
from the blood of the slain,
from the bodies of the mighty.
Saul’s sword never returned unstained,
from the blood of the slain,
from the bodies of the mighty.
Isaiah 13:18 Their bows will cut young men to pieces.
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.
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Jeremiah 30:16 Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured,
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.
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.
Jeremiah 50:41 Look! A people comes from the north.
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.