1The word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, and concerning the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

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Jeremiah 25:26, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 25:26, Jeremiah 25:27, Isaiah 13:1

2Tell ye among the nations, and proclaim, and lift up a standard! Proclaim ye; conceal it not; Say ye, "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is in consternation, Her idols are confounded, Her images are in consternation."

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Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 21:9, Isaiah 21:9, Jeremiah 51:47

3For out of the North cometh up against her a nation Which shall make her land desolate, So that none shall dwell therein; Both man and beast are fled, They are gone.

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Jeremiah 51:11, Zephaniah 1:3, Jeremiah 51:11, Zephaniah 1:3, Jeremiah 50:9

4In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; They shall go weeping on their way, And shall seek Jehovah their God.

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Hosea 1:11, Hosea 3:5, Jeremiah 31:31, Hosea 1:11, Hosea 3:5

5They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward; They shall come, and shall join themselves to Jehovah In a perpetual covenant, that shall not be forgotten.

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Jeremiah 32:40, Jeremiah 32:40, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 8:6

6My people have been lost sheep; Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; They have caused them to wander upon the mountains; They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their fold.

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Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 53:6, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 9:36, Ezekiel 34:14

7All that found them devoured them; For their adversaries said, "We shall not be held guilty," Because they had sinned against Jehovah, The fold of safety, and the hope of their fathers, Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 14:8, Jeremiah 2:3, Jeremiah 14:8, Jeremiah 2:3, Zechariah 11:5

8Flee ye out of Babylon, And go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, And be ye like he-goats before the flock!

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Isaiah 48:20, Jeremiah 51:6, Isaiah 48:20, Jeremiah 51:6, Revelation 18:4

9For, behold, I will raise up and bring against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the land of the North, And they shall set themselves in array against her, And then shall she be taken; Their arrows shall be as those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain.

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Jeremiah 51:1, Jeremiah 51:4, Jeremiah 15:14, 2 Samuel 1:22, Isaiah 21:2

10And Chaldaea shall be a spoil; All that spoil her shall have their fill, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 25:12, Jeremiah 25:12, Isaiah 33:4, Isaiah 33:23, Jeremiah 27:7

11Because ye rejoiced and exulted, O ye plunderers of my inheritance, Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer, And neighed like a stallion,

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Isaiah 47:6, Isaiah 47:6, Jeremiah 46:21, Jeremiah 50:17, Psalms 83:1

12Your mother is utterly confounded; She that bore you is put to shame. Behold, the end of the nations, A wilderness, a dry land, a desert!

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Jeremiah 51:43, Jeremiah 51:43, Jeremiah 25:26, Isaiah 13:20, Isaiah 13:22

13Because of the wrath of Jehovah, she shall not be inhabited, She shall be wholly desolate; Every one that passeth by Babylon shall be amazed, And hiss on account of all her plagues.

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Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 49:17, Jeremiah 49:17, Zephaniah 2:15

14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: All ye that bend the bow, shoot at her; Spare not the arrows! For she hath sinned against Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 50:29, Habakkuk 2:17, Habakkuk 2:17, Jeremiah 50:7

15Raise the war-shout! She reacheth forth her hand; Her pillars are fallen; Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take ye vengeance upon her! As she hath done, do ye to her!

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Jeremiah 51:58, Jeremiah 51:58, Jeremiah 51:6, Jeremiah 46:10, Revelation 18:6

16Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, And him that handleth the sickle in harvest-time! Because of the overpowering sword They shall turn every one to his own people, And they shall flee every one to his own land.

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Isaiah 13:14, Isaiah 13:14, Jeremiah 51:9, Jeremiah 46:16, Jeremiah 51:9

17Israel hath been like scattered sheep, Which the lions have driven away; First the king of Assyria devoured him, And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath broken his bones.

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Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 2:15, 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 18:13, Joel 3:2

18Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria.

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Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 10:12, Zephaniah 2:13, Zephaniah 2:15, Isaiah 37:36

19And I will bring back Israel to his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan, And satiate himself upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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Ezekiel 34:13, Ezekiel 34:14, Micah 7:14, Jeremiah 31:6, Amos 9:14

20In those days and at that time, saith Jehovah, The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I cause to be left.

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Micah 7:19, Micah 7:19, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 31:34, Isaiah 43:25

21Against the land of Rebellion go ye up, And against the inhabitants of Vengeance! Lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, And do all which I have commanded thee!

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Ezekiel 23:23, Ezekiel 23:23, 2 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 15:24

22The din of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

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Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:21, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:21, Jeremiah 51:54

23How is the battle-hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations!

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Jeremiah 51:20, Jeremiah 51:24, Jeremiah 51:20, Jeremiah 51:24, Revelation 18:16

24I have laid a snare for thee, And thou hast been caught, O Babylon, When thou wast not aware! Thou hast been found and taken, Because thou hast contended against Jehovah.

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Job 9:4, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 5:31, Job 9:4, Daniel 5:30

25Jehovah hath opened his armory, And hath brought out the weapons of his indignation; For the Lord Jehovah of hosts performeth a work against the land of the Chaldaeans.

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Jeremiah 51:55, Jeremiah 51:25, Jeremiah 51:55, Jeremiah 51:25, Jeremiah 50:15

26Come against her from the utmost border! Open ye her barns, Cast her up into heaps, And destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left!

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Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 14:23, Jeremiah 50:10, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 50:10

27Slay all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe unto them, For their day is come, The time of their punishment!

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Isaiah 34:7, Jeremiah 46:21, Isaiah 34:7, Jeremiah 46:21, Psalms 22:12

28The voice of them that flee and escape is heard from the land of Babylon, To make known to Zion the vengeance of Jehovah, our God, The vengeance for his temple.

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Isaiah 48:20, Lamentations 1:10, Jeremiah 50:15, Isaiah 48:20, Lamentations 1:10

29Call together the archers against Babylon, All ye that bend the bow, encamp ye round about her; Let no one escape; Recompense her according to her work; According to all that she hath done, do ye to her! For she hath exalted herself against Jehovah, Against the Holy One of Israel.

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Jeremiah 51:56, Isaiah 47:10, Jeremiah 51:56, Isaiah 47:10, Daniel 4:37

30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 18:21

31Behold I am against thee, thou proud one, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts; For thy day is come, The time of thy punishment.

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Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 21:13, Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 21:13, James 4:6

32And the proud one shall stumble and fall, And none shall raise him up; And I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it shall devour all round about him.

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Jeremiah 21:14, Jeremiah 49:27, Jeremiah 21:14, Jeremiah 49:27, Isaiah 10:12

33Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together, And all that took them captives hold them fast; They refuse to let them go.

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Isaiah 14:17, Exodus 9:2, Exodus 9:3, Isaiah 14:17, Exodus 9:2

34But their redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name. He will maintain their cause, So as to give rest to the land, And confusion to the inhabitants of Babylon.

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Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 41:14, Jeremiah 51:36, Isaiah 47:4

35The sword shall be upon the Chaldaeans, saith Jehovah, And upon the inhabitants of Babylon; And upon her princes, And upon her wise men;

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Jeremiah 47:6, Jeremiah 47:6, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:8

36The sword upon her lying prophets, and they shall be fools; The sword upon her heroes, and they shall be dismayed;

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Jeremiah 49:22, Jeremiah 49:22, Nahum 3:13, Isaiah 44:25, Nahum 3:13

37The sword upon her horses, and upon her chariots, And against all the allied multitude that is within her, And they shall become women. The sword is upon their treasures, and they shall be plundered;

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Jeremiah 51:30, Jeremiah 51:30, Nahum 3:13, Nahum 3:13, Jeremiah 25:20

38A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; For it is a land of graven images, And they put a mad trust in idols.

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Jeremiah 50:2, Revelation 16:12, Isaiah 44:27, Jeremiah 50:2, Revelation 16:12

39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the jackals, shall dwell there, And therein shall the ostrich dwell. And it shall be no more inhabited forever, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

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Revelation 18:2, Isaiah 13:20, Isaiah 13:22, Revelation 18:2, Isaiah 13:20

40As it was when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, saith Jehovah, There shall not a man abide there, Nor any son of man dwell therein.

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Genesis 19:24, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 19:25, Jude 1:7

41Behold, a nation cometh from the North, And a great people and many kings shall rise up from the extremities of the earth.

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Jeremiah 51:27, Jeremiah 51:28, Jeremiah 51:27, Jeremiah 51:28, Jeremiah 50:9

42They bear the bow and the javelin; They are cruel, and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea, And they ride upon horses, arrayed like a warrior, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon!

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Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 5:30, Jeremiah 8:16, Isaiah 47:6, Jeremiah 47:3

43The king of Babylon heareth the rumor concerning them, And his hands become feeble; Anguish taketh hold of him, Trembling, as of a woman in travail.

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Jeremiah 51:31, Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 51:31, Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 49:22

44Behold, like a lion from the pride of Jordan, he cometh up against the habitation of the rock; Suddenly will I drive them from her; And him who is chosen by me will I appoint over her; For who is like me? And who will summon me to trial? And who is the shepherd that will stand up against me?

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Jeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 49:21, Jeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 49:21, Exodus 15:11

45Therefore hear ye the purpose of Jehovah, which he hath formed against Babylon, And the designs which he meditateth against the land of the Chaldaeans; Surely he [the enemy] shall drag them forth like feeble sheep, Surely he will come upon them, and make their pastures desolate.

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Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 51:10, Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:10

46At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth trembleth, And the cry is heard among the nations.

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Jeremiah 49:21, Jeremiah 49:21, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 26:18, Revelation 18:9