Babylon

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

32.543° N, 44.422° E

• Tower of Babelc. 2246 BC
• Nimrod's kingdom beginsc. 1822 BC

Babylon, Babylonia· Babel· Pekod· Sheshach· Merathaim

• Βαβυλών·Babylon
• מְרָתַיִם·Merathaim
• פְּקוֹד·Pekodmeans “noble; rulers”
• שֵׁשַׁךְ·Sheshak
• בָּבֶ֫ל·Babylon
• בָּבֶ֫ל·Babylon
• בָּֽבְלַי·Babylon

Includes 51 verses that refer to Babylon without naming it.

1. Genesis 10:10בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
2. Genesis 11:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
3. 2 Kings 17:24בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
4. 2 Kings 17:25Referred to, not named
   Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
5. 2 Kings 17:30בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
6. 2 Kings 20:12בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
7. 2 Kings 20:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
8. 2 Kings 20:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
9. 2 Kings 20:18בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
   And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
10. 2 Kings 24:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
11. 2 Kings 24:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
12. 2 Kings 24:10בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
13. 2 Kings 24:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
14. 2 Kings 24:12בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
15. 2 Kings 24:15בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16. 2 Kings 24:16בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
17. 2 Kings 24:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18. 2 Kings 24:20בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
19. 2 Kings 25:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
20. 2 Kings 25:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
21. 2 Kings 25:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
22. 2 Kings 25:8בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
23. 2 Kings 25:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
24. 2 Kings 25:13בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
25. 2 Kings 25:20בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
26. 2 Kings 25:21בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
27. 2 Kings 25:22בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
28. 2 Kings 25:23בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
29. 2 Kings 25:24בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
30. 2 Kings 25:27בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
31. 2 Kings 25:28בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
32. 1 Chronicles 9:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
33. 2 Chronicles 32:31בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
34. 2 Chronicles 33:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
35. 2 Chronicles 36:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
36. 2 Chronicles 36:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
37. 2 Chronicles 36:10בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
38. 2 Chronicles 36:18בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    …who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
39. 2 Chronicles 36:20בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
40. Ezra 1:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
41. Ezra 2:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
42. Ezra 4:9בָּֽבְלַי · Babylon
    From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
43. Ezra 5:12בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
44. Ezra 5:13בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
45. Ezra 5:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor
46. Ezra 5:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
47. Ezra 6:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
48. Ezra 6:5בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.
49. Ezra 7:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    …this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
50. Ezra 7:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
51. Ezra 7:16בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    …together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.
52. Ezra 8:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
53. Nehemiah 7:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
54. Nehemiah 13:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
55. Esther 2:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.
56. Psalm 87:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
57. Psalm 137:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
58. Psalm 137:2Referred to, not named
    There on the willows we hung our harps,
59. Psalm 137:8בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
60. Isaiah 13:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
61. Isaiah 13:6Referred to, not named
    Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
62. Isaiah 13:8Referred to, not named
    Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
63. Isaiah 13:14Referred to, not named
    Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
64. Isaiah 13:16Referred to, not named
    Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
65. Isaiah 13:17Referred to, not named
    Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
66. Isaiah 13:19בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
67. Isaiah 13:20Referred to, not named
    She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
68. Isaiah 13:21Referred to, not named
    But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
69. Isaiah 13:22Referred to, not named
    Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
70. Isaiah 14:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    …you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
71. Isaiah 14:22בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
72. Isaiah 14:23Referred to, not named
    “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
73. Isaiah 21:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
74. Isaiah 39:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
75. Isaiah 39:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
76. Isaiah 39:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
77. Isaiah 39:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
78. Isaiah 43:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
79. Isaiah 47:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
80. Isaiah 48:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
81. Isaiah 48:20בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
82. Jeremiah 20:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
83. Jeremiah 20:5בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
84. Jeremiah 20:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
85. Jeremiah 21:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    “Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
86. Jeremiah 21:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
87. Jeremiah 21:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
88. Jeremiah 21:10בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
89. Jeremiah 22:25בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
90. Jeremiah 24:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
91. Jeremiah 25:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
92. Jeremiah 25:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    …behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
93. Jeremiah 25:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
94. Jeremiah 25:12בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
95. Jeremiah 25:26שֵׁשַׁךְ · Sheshak
    …all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
96. Jeremiah 27:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
97. Jeremiah 27:8בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
98. Jeremiah 27:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
99. Jeremiah 27:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
    But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
100. Jeremiah 27:12בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
101. Jeremiah 27:13בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
102. Jeremiah 27:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
103. Jeremiah 27:16בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
104. Jeremiah 27:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
105. Jeremiah 27:18בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
106. Jeremiah 27:20בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     …which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
107. Jeremiah 27:22בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     ‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
108. Jeremiah 28:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
109. Jeremiah 28:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
110. Jeremiah 28:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
111. Jeremiah 28:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     “Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
112. Jeremiah 28:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
113. Jeremiah 28:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
114. Jeremiah 29:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
115. Jeremiah 29:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
116. Jeremiah 29:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
117. Jeremiah 29:10בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
118. Jeremiah 29:15בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
119. Jeremiah 29:20בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
120. Jeremiah 29:21בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
121. Jeremiah 29:22בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
122. Jeremiah 29:28בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
123. Jeremiah 32:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
124. Jeremiah 32:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
125. Jeremiah 32:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
126. Jeremiah 32:5בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
127. Jeremiah 32:28בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
128. Jeremiah 32:36בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:
129. Jeremiah 34:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
130. Jeremiah 34:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
131. Jeremiah 34:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
132. Jeremiah 34:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     …as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
133. Jeremiah 34:21בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
134. Jeremiah 35:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
135. Jeremiah 36:29בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
136. Jeremiah 37:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
137. Jeremiah 37:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
138. Jeremiah 37:19בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
139. Jeremiah 38:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
140. Jeremiah 38:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
141. Jeremiah 38:18בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
142. Jeremiah 38:22בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
143. Jeremiah 38:23בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
144. Jeremiah 39:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
145. Jeremiah 39:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
146. Jeremiah 39:5בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
147. Jeremiah 39:6בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
148. Jeremiah 39:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
149. Jeremiah 39:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
150. Jeremiah 39:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,
151. Jeremiah 39:13בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon
152. Jeremiah 40:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
153. Jeremiah 40:4בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
154. Jeremiah 40:5בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
155. Jeremiah 40:7בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
156. Jeremiah 40:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
157. Jeremiah 40:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
158. Jeremiah 41:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
159. Jeremiah 41:18בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     …to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
160. Jeremiah 42:11בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
161. Jeremiah 43:3בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
162. Jeremiah 43:10בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
163. Jeremiah 44:30בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
164. Jeremiah 46:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     …concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
165. Jeremiah 46:13בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
166. Jeremiah 46:26בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
167. Jeremiah 49:28בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
168. Jeremiah 49:29Referred to, not named
     They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
169. Jeremiah 49:30בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
170. Jeremiah 49:31Referred to, not named
     Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
171. Jeremiah 50:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
172. Jeremiah 50:2בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
173. Jeremiah 50:3Referred to, not named
     For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
174. Jeremiah 50:8בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
175. Jeremiah 50:9בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     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 do not return empty-handed.
176. Jeremiah 50:13בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
177. Jeremiah 50:14בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     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.
178. Jeremiah 50:15Referred to, not named
     Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
179. Jeremiah 50:16בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
180. Jeremiah 50:17בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
181. Jeremiah 50:18בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
182. Jeremiah 50:21מְרָתַיִם · Merathaim; פְּקוֹד · Pekod
     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.
183. Jeremiah 50:23בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
184. Jeremiah 50:24בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     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.
185. Jeremiah 50:28בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
186. Jeremiah 50:29בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     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.
187. Jeremiah 50:30Referred to, not named
     Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
188. Jeremiah 50:34בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
189. Jeremiah 50:35בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
190. Jeremiah 50:36Referred to, not named
     A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
191. Jeremiah 50:37Referred to, not named
     A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
192. Jeremiah 50:38Referred to, not named
     A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
193. Jeremiah 50:39Referred to, not named
     So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
194. Jeremiah 50:40Referred to, not named
     As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
195. Jeremiah 50:42בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
196. Jeremiah 50:43בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
197. Jeremiah 50:44Referred to, not named
     Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
198. Jeremiah 50:45בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
199. Jeremiah 50:46בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
200. Jeremiah 51:1בָּבֶ֫ל · Babel; בָּבֶ֫ל · Babylon
     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.