Jeremiah 51:56
New Living Translation
56 Destroying armies come against Babylon.
Her mighty men are captured,
and their weapons break in their hands.
For the Lord is a God who gives just punishment;
he always repays in full.
Habakkuk 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
now all the survivors will plunder you.
You committed murder throughout the countryside
and filled the towns with violence.
Jeremiah 51:48
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48 Then the heavens and earth will rejoice,
for out of the north will come destroying armies
against Babylon,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:6
New Living Translation
6 Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves!
Don’t get trapped in her punishment!
It is the Lord’s time for vengeance;
he will repay her in full.
Psalm 94:1-2
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Psalm 94
1 O Lord, the God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!
2 Arise, O Judge of the earth.
Give the proud what they deserve.
Psalm 46:9
New Living Translation
9 He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and snaps the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
Jeremiah 51:24
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24 “I will repay Babylon
and the people of Babylonia[a]
for all the wrong they have done
to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 59:18
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18 He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds.
His fury will fall on his foes.
He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.
Psalm 76:3
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3 There he has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy,
the shields and swords and weapons of war. Interlude
Deuteronomy 32:35
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35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
and their destiny will overtake them.’
Revelation 19:2
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2 His judgments are true and just.
He has punished the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality.
He has avenged the murder of his servants.”
Revelation 18:20
New Living Translation
20 Rejoice over her fate, O heaven
and people of God and apostles and prophets!
For at last God has judged her
for your sakes.
Revelation 18:5-6
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5 For her sins are piled as high as heaven,
and God remembers her evil deeds.
6 Do to her as she has done to others.
Double her penalty[a] for all her evil deeds.
She brewed a cup of terror for others,
so brew twice as much[b] for her.
Revelation 17:16
New Living Translation
16 The scarlet beast and his ten horns all hate the prostitute. They will strip her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her remains with fire.
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2 Thessalonians 1:6
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6 In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.
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Ezekiel 39:9
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9 “Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years!
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Ezekiel 39:3
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3 I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.
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Jeremiah 51:30
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30 Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.
They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.
They have become like women.
The invaders have burned the houses
and broken down the city gates.
Jeremiah 50:36
New Living Translation
36 The sword will strike her wise counselors,
and they will become fools.
The sword will strike her mightiest warriors,
and panic will seize them.
Jeremiah 50:28-29
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28 Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon,
as they tell in Jerusalem
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance
against those who destroyed his Temple.
29 “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:10
New Living Translation
10 Babylonia[a] will be looted
until the attackers are glutted with loot.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Footnotes
- 50:10 Or Chaldea.
Jeremiah 49:35
New Living Translation
35 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“I will destroy the archers of Elam—
the best of their forces.
Isaiah 35:4
New Living Translation
4 Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
He is coming to save you.”
Isaiah 34:8
New Living Translation
8 For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge,
the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.[a]
Footnotes
- 34:8 Hebrew to Zion.
Isaiah 21:2
New Living Translation
2 I see a terrifying vision:
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.
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