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Thus, saith Yahweh - Lo! waters rising from the North And they shall become a torrent overflowing, Which shall overflow The land and the fulness thereof, The city, and the dwellers therein, - Then shall men make outcry, And all the inhabitants of the land, howl.

Verse ConceptsOut Of The NorthLike A FloodFloods

Because of the day which is coming with destruction on all the Philistines, cutting off from Tyre and Zidon the last of their helpers: for the Lord will send destruction on the Philistines, the rest of the sea-land of Caphtor.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

"From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.

Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

Verse ConceptsNestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

which aforetime were heard from Heshbon to Elealeh, and Jahaz, which lifted up their voice from Zoar unto Horonaim, that bullock of three years old. The waters also of Nimrim shall be dried up.

Verse Conceptsdryness

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets: for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, says the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRoofBreaking ContainersRooftop

Concerning the sons (descendants) of Ammon.

Thus says the Lord:
“Does Israel have no sons [to reclaim Gad from the Ammonites]?
Has he no heir?
Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad
And [why do] his people live in the cities [of Gad]?

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsHeirsInheritance, MaterialTaking Possession


“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When I will cause an alarm of war to be heard
Against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
And it [along with the high ground on which it stands] will become a desolate heap,
And its villages will be set on fire.
Then will Israel take possession of his possessors,”
Says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBurning CitiesTrumpets For Battle

Behold, as the lion he shall come up from the excellency of Jordan against the habitation of strength: for I will wink, I will cause him to run from her: and who the chosen I shall appoint to her? for who like me? and who shall testify for me? and who this shepherd which shall stand before me?

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

Wherefore, hear ye The counsel of Yahweh which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman, - Surely the little ones of the flock shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them.

Verse ConceptsPlansGod's Plans

The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Sea of Suf.

Verse ConceptsOther References To The Red Sea


Concerning Damascus [in Syria].
“Hamath and Arpad are perplexed and shamed,
For they have heard bad news;
They are disheartened;
Troubled and anxious like a [storm-tossed] sea
Which cannot be calmed.

Verse ConceptsNewsRestlessnessSeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesAnxiety And Feardamascusreassurance

I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, which shall consume the palace of Benhadad."

Verse ConceptsFortificationsBurning Citiessyriadamascus

Of Kedar. And of the kingdoms of Hazor Which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote - Thus, saith Yahweh, - Arise ye go up against Kedar, So shall they spoil the sons of the East:

Rise up, go up against a nation [which is] at ease, living {securely}," {declares} Yahweh. "[There are] no gates and [there are] no bars for them, they dwell alone.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsNationalismA Solitary PeopleThose At Ease

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfYears Of Zedekiah

And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesFour WindsExiled Foreigners


‘Then I will set My throne [of judgment] in Elam
And I will destroy from there the king and princes,’
Says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfThrone

The word which Yahweh spake Against Babylon Against the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

Verse ConceptsCondemnation Of BabylonProphets, Role OfNamed Prophets Of The LordThe judgment of babylon

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesOut Of The NorthBoth Men And Animals Affected

To Zion, shall they ask the way, Hitherward, their faces, Come and let us join ourselves unto Yahweh, In a covenant age-abiding, which shall not be forgotten.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCovenant, the newSaints, As PilgrimsThe Eternal CovenantPeople Going AstrayAsking Particular QuestionsUnited With GodDirection

All they that came upon them, have devoured them: and their enemies said, 'We have made no fault against them, for they have displeased the LORD, yea even the LORD which is the beauty of their righteousness, and that defended their fathers.'

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdHope, Nature OfPlea Of Innocence

"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theIn Danger From Lions

Against the land of Merathaim, go thou up against her, And against the inhabitants of Pekod, - Lay waste and devote to destruction after them Declareth Yahweh, And do according to all which I have commanded thee.

Verse ConceptsApproval To Kill

Methink I hear already a cry of them that be fled and escaped out of the land of Babylon, which show in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God; the vengeance of his temple. Yea, a voice of them that cry against Babylon:

Verse ConceptsFugitivesPeoples Who FledGod Executes VengeanceRevenge

Publish against Babylon ye chiefs of all who tread the bow - Encamp against her round about Let there be none to escape, Recompense to her according to her work, According to all which she did, do ye to her, - For Against Yahweh, hath she acted presumptuously, Against the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsdefianceInfidelity To GodNo EscapeLet Evil ReboundProud People

So shall the most insolent one stumble and fall, And he shall have none to lift him up, - And I will kindle a fire in his cities which shall devour all who are round about him.

Verse ConceptsStumblingAbaseAbasement Of The ProudDownfallBurning CitiesThe Proud Will Be Abaseduncertaintyarrogance

A sword against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the mixture which is in her midst; and they were for women: a sword against her treasures, and they were plundered.

Verse ConceptsChariotsBabylonPowerlessnessMixed MultitudeEffeminacyDestroying ChariotsWeak Women


“A drought on her waters, and they will dry up!
For it is a land of [worthless] idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols [those objects of terror in which they foolishly trust].

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalWaters Drying Up

Therefore hear ye, The counsel of Yahweh, which he hath counselled against Babylon, And his devices which he hath devised against the land a of the Chaldeans, - Surely the little ones of the flock, shall drag them away, Surely he will cause the pasture to be astounded over them.

Verse ConceptsPlansGod's Plans

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathInsanityAlcoholGoldMadnessWineThings Like Gold

Make sharp the arrows, and fill the quivers: for the LORD shall raise up the spirit of the king of the Medes, which hath already a desire to destroy Babylon. This shall be the vengeance of the LORD's, and the vengeance of his temple.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceGod's PlansArrowsRevenge

Against the walls of Babylon, Lift ye up a standard, Strengthen ye the watch, Station the watchmen, Make ready the ambuscades, - For Yahweh hath both planned and also performed that which he had spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGuardsWatchmanBabylon DestroyedAmbushFlagsThe judgment of babylon

The LORD of Hosts hath sworn by himself that he will overwhelm thee with men, like grasshoppers in number, which with courage shall cry 'Alarum, Alarum' against thee.

Verse ConceptsLocustsMany Enemies

So will I recompense to Babylon, And to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, All their wickedness which they have committed against Zion before your eyes, - Declareth Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Requite

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.'

Verse ConceptsdaughtersHarvestSicklesSowing And ReapingThreshing Floor

Her cities have become as an [object of] horror, a dry land and a wilderness, a land in which no person lives, nor does a son of humankind pass through it.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

Verse ConceptsBabylonBabylon, History OfFortificationsFalse GodsThe judgment of babylon

So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthdiscouragementCivil StrifeRumoursFear, Of FutureResisting DiscouragementThose Not Fearingrumors

And the heavens and the earth shouted against Babel, and all which is in them: for those laying waste shall come against her from the north, says Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthJoy, Of IsraelThose Who DestroyCondemnation Of BabylonOut Of The NorthRejoicing Over Justice

For the destroyers shall come upon her, even upon Babylon, which shall take her worthies and brake their bows: for God is disposed to avenge himself upon them, and sufficiently to recompense them.

Verse ConceptsBreaking WeaponsThose Who DestroyBabylon DestroyedGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Requite

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign, - now Seraiah, was travelling-marshal.

Verse ConceptsKings ExiledYears Of ZedekiahNamed Prophets Of The Lord

So Jeremiah wrote all the calamity which was to come unto Babylon in one scroll; even all these words which have been written against Babylon.

Verse ConceptsCondemnation Of BabylonProphecy, Methods Of OtWritingBooks Of Prophecy

Then shalt thou say, - In like manner, shall Babylon sink and not rise Because of the calamity which I am about to bring thereupon: So shall they perish. Thus far, are, the words of Jeremiah.

Verse ConceptsLast WordsSinking

And he did that which was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

Verse ConceptsLike Bad People

then was the city broken up, and all the men of war, beginning to flee went forth out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the garden of the king the Chaldeans being near the city round about, - and they went the way towards the Waste Plain.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsHorticultureComing BetweenCity GatesIsrael Fleeing

Now in the fifth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, which [was the] nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan [the] captain of [the] guard, who stood {before} the king of Babylon, entered into Jerusalem.

And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

And from the weak of the people, and the rest of the people being left in the city, and those falling away which fell to the king of Babel, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks carried into exile.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonTurning Against Men

And the pillars of bronze that pertained to the house of Yahweh and the stands and the sea of bronze which was in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans, break in pieces, - and they carried away all the bronze of them to Babylon;

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonPillars For Solomon's Temple

And they took with them the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of bronze which [were used in temple] service.

and the basins and the censers and the dashing bowls and the caldrons and the lamps and the spoons and the cups, which were of gold in gold, and which were of silver in silver, did the chief of the royal executioners, take away.

Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandSilverTaking Mixed Metals

As for the two pillars the one sea, and the twelve oxen of bronze which were under the stands which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, without weight was the bronze of all these things.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveAnimals, Types OfTwo Parts Of ConstructionsTwelve Animals

After this manner were both the pillars fashioned with the pomegranates, whereof there were a hundredth and ninety six, which hanged upon the hoops round about.

Verse ConceptsThe Number NinetyOne HundredNineties

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionScribesSecretarySeven PeopleSixties

This the people which Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and twenty and three.

Verse ConceptsThree Thousand And UpPeople Exiled

And he will speak with him good things, and he will give his throne from above to the throne of the kings which were with him in Babel,

Verse ConceptsThroneKind Words