Jeremiah 51:56
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56 Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
(A)For the Lord is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
Habakkuk 2:8
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8 (A)Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s [a]blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:8 Or bloodshed
Jeremiah 51:48
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48 Then (A)the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
(B)For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:6
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6 (A)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For (B)this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
(C)He shall recompense her.
Psalm 94:1-2
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God the Refuge of the Righteous
94 O Lord God, (A)to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O (B)Judge of the earth;
[a]Render punishment to the proud.
Footnotes
- Psalm 94:2 Repay with
Psalm 46:9
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9 (A)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
(B)He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
(C)He burns the chariot in the fire.
Jeremiah 51:24
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24 “And(A) I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 59:18
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18 (A)According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
Psalm 76:3
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3 There He broke the arrows of the bow,
The shield and sword of battle. Selah
Deuteronomy 32:35
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35 (A)Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
(B)For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
Revelation 19:2
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2 For (A)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (B)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”
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Revelation 18:20
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20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]holy apostles and prophets, for (B)God has avenged you on her!”
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- Revelation 18:20 NU, M saints and apostles
Revelation 18:5-6
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5 (A)For her sins [a]have reached to heaven, and (B)God has remembered her iniquities. 6 (C)Render to her just as she rendered [b]to you, and repay her double according to her works; (D)in the cup which she has mixed, (E)mix double for her.
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- Revelation 18:5 NU, M have been heaped up
- Revelation 18:6 NU, M omit to you
Revelation 17:16
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16 And the ten horns which you [a]saw on the beast, (A)these will hate the harlot, make her (B)desolate (C)and naked, eat her flesh and (D)burn her with fire.
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- Revelation 17:16 NU, M saw, and the beast
2 Thessalonians 1:6
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6 (A)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with [a]tribulation those who trouble you,
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 affliction
Ezekiel 39:9
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9 “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the [a]javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.
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- Ezekiel 39:9 Lit. hand staffs
Ezekiel 39:3
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3 Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.
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Jeremiah 51:30
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30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
(A)They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
(B)The bars of her gate are broken.
Jeremiah 50:36
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36 A sword is (A)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
Jeremiah 50:28-29
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28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon
(A)Declares in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
The vengeance of His temple.
29 “Call together the archers against Babylon.
All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around;
Let none of them [a]escape.
(B)Repay her according to her work;
According to all she has done, do to her;
(C)For she has been proud against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:29 Qr., some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg. add to her
Jeremiah 50:10
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10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
(A)All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 49:35
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Isaiah 35:4
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4 Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with (A)vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and (B)save you.”
Isaiah 34:8
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8 For it is the day of the Lord’s (A)vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A distressing vision is declared to me;
(A)The treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
And the plunderer plunders.
(B)Go up, O Elam!
Besiege, O Media!
All its sighing I have made to cease.
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