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Jeremiah 51:49

“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

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ASV

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

KJV

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גַּם־gam-bothH1571 →
בָּבֶ֕לba.VelBabylonH894 →
לִנְפֹּ֖לlin.Pol[is] to fallH5307 →
חַֽלְלֵ֣יcha.Lei[those] slain ofH2491 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
גַּם־gam-as well asH1571 →
לְבָבֶ֥לle.va.Velfor BabylonH894 →
נָפְל֖וּna.fe.Luthey have fallenH5307 →
חַֽלְלֵ֥יcha.Lei[those] slain ofH2491 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Revelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.Jeremiah 51:24Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 50:29Summon 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.Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.Psalms 137:8–9O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Jeremiah 51:10–11“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,Jeremiah 51:35May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.Jeremiah 50:17–18Israel 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.”Jeremiah 50:33–34This 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.Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.Lamentations 1:21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.Revelation 18:5–6For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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