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Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.

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ASV

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

KJV

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588 →
תַעֲלֶ֤הta.'a.Lehit will go upH5927 →
בָבֶל֙va.VelBabylonH894 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְכִ֥יve.Khiand ifH3588 →
תְבַצֵּ֖רte.va.Tzerit will fortifyH1219 →
מְר֣וֹםme.Rom[the] height ofH4791 →
עֻזָּ֑הּ'u.Zahstrength itsH5797 →
מֵאִתִּ֗יme.'i.Tifrom with <the> meH854 →
יָבֹ֧אוּya.Vo.'uthey will comeH935 →
שֹׁדְדִ֛יםsho.de.DimdestroyersH7703 →
לָ֖הּlahto <the> it
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Isaiah 45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.Obadiah 1:4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 49:16The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”Amos 9:2Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.Obadiah 1:3–4The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’Jeremiah 51:25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.Psalms 139:8–10If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”Amos 9:4Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”Isaiah 14:12–15How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.Jeremiah 50:9–10For 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.Jeremiah 50:45Therefore 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.Isaiah 13:17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.Isaiah 45:1–5This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:Isaiah 47:5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.Ezekiel 31:9–11I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

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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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