Jeremiah 51:1 “This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon an…”

Jeremiah 51:1

This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;

World English Bible

The LORD says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.

American Standard Version

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I wil raise vp against Babel, and against the inhabitants that lift vp their heart against me, a destroying wind,

Darby Translation

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the heart of those that rise against me, a destroying wind;

Young's Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb — My withstanders, A destroying wind,

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;

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Cross references

“I will”

Amos 3:6 Jeremiah 50:9 Jeremiah 50:14–16 Jeremiah 50:21 Isaiah 13:3–5

Amos 3:6 · BSB

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Jeremiah 50:9 · BSB

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who…

Jeremiah 50:14–16 · BSB

Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:21 · BSB

Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 13:3–5 · BSB

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

“rise”

Jeremiah 50:24 Jeremiah 50:29 Jeremiah 50:33 Zechariah 2:8 Acts 9:4

Jeremiah 50:24 · BSB

I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:29 · BSB

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:33 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.

Zechariah 2:8 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

Acts 9:4 · BSB

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

“a destroying wind”

Hosea 13:15 Jeremiah 49:36 2 Kings 19:7 Ezekiel 19:12 Jeremiah 4:11 Jeremiah 4:12

Hosea 13:15 · BSB

Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious…

Jeremiah 49:36 · BSB

I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.

2 Kings 19:7 · BSB

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Ezekiel 19:12 · BSB

But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

Jeremiah 4:11 · BSB

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;

Jeremiah 4:12 · BSB

a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.

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