Jeremiah 51:56

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Summary

Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

Her mighty

Jeremiah 51:30

Jeremiah 50:36

Every

Ezekiel 39:3

The lord

General references

Jeremiah 50:22

Bible References

Her mighty

The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight, they remain in the strongholds, their power has dried up, they have become as women. Her dwelling places are set on fire, her bars are broken.

A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become foolish. A sword against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Every

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Look, I [am] going to break the bow of Elam, the first and best of their might.

But his bow remained in a steady position; {his arms} were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there [is] the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

The bows of mighty warriors [are] shattered, but those who stumble gird [themselves with] strength.

Their sword will enter into their [own] heart, and their bows shall be broken.

[He] makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks [the] bow and cuts off [the] spear. [The] wagons [of war] he burns with fire.

There he broke [the] flames of [the] bow, [the] shield and sword and battle. Selah

and I will strike your bow from {your left hand}, and your arrows from {your right hand} I will cause to fall.

The lord

Flee from the midst of Babylon and save each one his life. You must not perish because of her guilt. For this [is the] time of vengeance for Yahweh, he [will] repay her what is deserved.

[There is the] sound of fugitives and survivors from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance for his temple.

{Vengeance belongs to me} and [also] recompense, {for at the time their foot slips}, because the day of their disaster [is] near, {and fate comes quickly for them}.'

O Yahweh, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.

O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.

For {Yahweh has a day of vengeance}, a year of retribution for the strife of Zion.

Say to those who are hasty of heart, "Be strong; you must not fear! Look! your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] {divine retribution}. He {is the one who} will come and save you."

According to deeds, so he will repay; wrath to his enemies, requital to those who are his {enemies}. He will repay requital to the coastlands.

since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,

because her sins have reached up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

because his judgments [are] true and righteous, because he has passed judgment on the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his slaves {shed by} her hand!"

General references

[The] sound of battle [is] in the land, and great destruction.