Self-interpreting Bible

1 THUS saith the LORD; Behold, ^aI will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the ¹midst of them ^bthat rise up against me, a ^cdestroying wind;

• a: Am. 3:6 , Is. 45:7 , Is. 13:3 - 5 , Is. 13:9 , Is. 13:11 , Is. 13:13 , Hab. 2:7 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:14 - 16 , Je. 50:21 - 32 , Je. 50:41 - 45
• 1: Heb. heart.
• b: Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:32 , Je. 50:33 , Zec. 2:8
• c: 2Ki. 19:7 , Je. 4:11 , Je. 4:12 , Je. 49:36 , Is. 27:8 , Eze. 17:10 , Eze. 19:12 , Ho. 13:15 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28

2 And will send unto Babylon ^d*fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of ^etrouble they shall be against her round about.

• d: Je. 15:7 , Is. 41:16 , Mat. 3:12 , Eze. 5:12 , Je. 51:3 , Je. 51:4 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28
• *: fanners-winnowers.
• e: Je. 50:14 , Je. 50:15 , Je. 50:24 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:32 , Je. 51:12 , Je. 51:27 - 31

3 Against him that bendeth ^flet the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his ^g*brigandine: and ^hspare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

• f: Je. 50:14 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:41 , Je. 50:42
• g: Je. 46:4
• *: brigandine-coat of mail, breastplate.
• h: Je. 50:21 , Je. 50:27 , Je. 50:30 , Je. 51:40 , Je. 51:47 , Je. 51:49 , Je. 51:52 , Je. 51:57 , De. 32:35 , Ja. 2:13 , Ps. 137:8 , Je. 9:21 , Is. 13:15 - 17

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are ⁱthrust through in her streets.

• i: Je. 49:26

5 For ^jIsrael hath not been forsaken, ^knor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; ^lthough their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

• j: Ho. 1:10 , Is. 44:21 , Is. 49:14 , Is. 49:15 , Je. 31:14 , 1Sa. 12:22 , Is. 54:5 , Is. 54:6 , Zec. 1:15 , Zec. 1:16 , Je. 50:20
• k: Zec. 2:12 , Zec. 12:6 - 8
• l: Je. 31:37 , Mi. 7:18 - 20

6 ^mFlee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is ⁿthe time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

• m: Je. 50:8 , Je. 50:28 , Je. 51:9 , Je. 51:45 , Je. 51:50 , Re. 18:4 , Ge. 19:16 , Ge. 19:17
• n: Ps. 37:13 , Je. 46:10 , Je. 50:15 , Je. 50:25 , Je. 50:27 - 29 , Re. 18:6 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:36 , Je. 51:49 , Je. 51:56 , Ps. 137:8 , Je. 25:14 , Je. 25:16

7 Babylon hath been a ^ogolden cup in the LORD's hand, that ^pmade all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

• o: Re. 17:4 , Da. 2:32 , Da. 2:38 , Is. 14:4 - 6 , Hab. 2:15
• p: Je. 25:9 - 34 , Is. 14:5 , Is. 14:6 , Je. 51:20 - 23 , Da. 3:1 - 7 , Re. 14:8 , Re. 17:2 , Re. 17:6 , Re. 18:3

8 Babylon is ^qsuddenly fallen and destroyed: ^rhowl for her; ^stake balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

• q: Da. 5:24 - 31 , Is. 21:9 , Is. 47:9 , Re. 14:8 , Re. 18:2 , Re. 18:8 , Re. 18:10 , Re. 18:17 , Re. 18:19 , Ps. 37:36 , 1Th. 5:2 , 1Th. 5:3
• r: Je. 48:20 , Je. 48:38 , Is. 15:3 - 5 , Is. 15:8 , Is. 21:3 , Is. 21:4 , Is. 13:6 - 8 , Re. 18:9 - 19
• s: Je. 46:11 , Je. 8:22 , Je. 51:29

9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is ^tnot healed: ^uforsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for ^vher judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

• t: Je. 8:20 , Mat. 25:10 - 13
• u: Je. 51:6 , Je. 46:16 , Je. 50:16 , Is. 13:14
• v: Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 21 , Isaiah 16 , Isaiah 47 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , 2Ch. 28:6 , 2Ch. 28:8 , Re. 18:5

10 The LORD hath brought forth our ^wrighteousness: come, and ^xlet us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

• w: Ps. 37:6 , Mi. 7:9 , Mi. 7:10 , Zec. 1:15
• x: Je. 50:28

11 ^yMake ²bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD ^zhath raised up the spirit of the kings of ^athe Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because ^bit is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

• y: Je. 51:12 , Je. 46:3 , Je. 46:4 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:14 , Je. 50:25 , Is. 13:15 , Is. 13:18
• 2: Heb. pure.
• z: Is. 13:2 - 5 , Is. 13:17 , Is. 21:2 , Is. 41:2 , Is. 41:3 , Is. 41:25 , Is. 45:1 , Is. 46:11 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:41 , Je. 50:42 , Je. 51:27 - 29
• a: 2Ki. 17:6
• b: Je. 50:15 , Je. 50:28 , Je. 51:4 , Je. 51:5 , Je. 51:24 , Je. 51:35 , Zec. 1:15 , Is. 47:6

12 Set up the ^*standard upon the walls of ^cBabylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ³ambushes: for the LORD ^dhath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

• *: standard-flag, banner.
• c: Je. 51:8 , Je. 46:4 , Na. 2:1 , Na. 3:14 , Is. 13:2
• 3: Heb. liers in wait.
• d: Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:29 , La. 2:17

13 O thou that dwellest upon ^emany waters, ^fabundant in treasures, ^gthine end is come, and ^hthe measure of thy covetousness.

• e: Je. 50:38 , Je. 51:36 , Re. 17:1 , Re. 17:15
• f: Is. 14:4 , Je. 51:7 , Da. 2:32 , Da. 2:38
• g: Je. 50:27 , Je. 50:31 , Eze. 7:2 - 12 , Am. 8:2
• h: Ge. 15:16 , Na. 2:12 , Na. 2:13 , Hab. 2:5 - 17

14 The ⁱLORD of hosts hath sworn ⁴by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, ^jas with caterpillers; and they shall ⁵lift up ^ka shout against thee.

• i: Am. 6:8 , He. 6:13 , Is. 45:23 , Je. 49:13
• 4: Heb. by his soul.
• j: Je. 46:23 , Ju. 6:5 , Na. 3:15 - 17 , 2:2 , 2:3
• 5: Heb. utter.
• k: Is. 16:9 , Eze. 21:22

15 He ^lhath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his ^munderstanding.

• l: Ge. 1:1 , Ge. 1:6 , Je. 10:12 - 16 , Job 9:8 , Is. 40:22 , Ps. 104:2 , Ps. 104:24 , Ps. 24:1 , Ps. 24:2 , Ps. 136:5 , Ps. 136:6
• m: Pr. 3:19

16 When ⁿhe uttereth his voice, there is a ⁶multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

• n: Ps. 107:25 , Je. 10:12 , Je. 10:13 , Ps. 135:7 , Job 36:26 - 33 , Job 37:2 - 11 , Job 38:22 - 35
• 6: Or, noise.

17 Every ^oman ⁷is brutish by his knowledge; every ^*founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

• o: Je. 10:14 , 1Co. 1:19 - 21 , Ro. 1:21 - 23 , Ps. 53:4 , Ps. 115:5 , Ps. 115:8 , Is. 44:9 - 20
• 7: Or, is more brutish than to know.
• *: founder-a person who casts metal or glass in a mould.

18 They are ^pvanity, the work of errors: ^qin the time of their visitation they shall perish.

• p: Je. 10:15 , Jn. 2:8
• q: Ex. 12:12 , Is. 19:1 , Is. 46:1 , Is. 46:2 , Je. 43:12 , Je. 43:13 , Je. 46:25 , Je. 48:7 , Je. 50:2

19 The ^rportion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: ^sand Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

• r: Ps. 16:5 , Ps. 73:26 , La. 3:24 , Je. 10:16 , Ps. 33:6 , Ps. 115:3 , Ex. 20:11
• s: Ps. 74:2 , Ps. 135:6 , De. 32:9 , Je. 50:11 , Je. 12:7 - 10 , Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , Tit. 2:14 , 1Pe. 2:9

20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for ⁸with thee will I ^tbreak in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

• 8: Or, in, or, by.
• t: Is. 41:15 , Is. 41:16 , Mi. 4:13

21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

22 With thee also will ^uI break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

• u: 2Ch. 36:17 , Eze. 9:6 , Hab. 1:6 - 10 , Hab. 1:15 , Hab. 2:8 , Hab. 2:17

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the ^*husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

• *: husbandman-one who works on the land.

24 And ^vI will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

• v: Is. 47:6 , Is. 47:8 , Je. 50:15 , Je. 50:17 , Je. 50:18 , Je. 50:28 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:35 , Je. 51:49 , Ps. 137:8 , Ps. 137:9

25 Behold, I am against thee, O ^wdestroying mountain, saith the LORD, which ^xdestroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

• w: Ge. 11:4 , Ge. 11:9 , Da. 4:30 , Is. 13:2 , Je. 51:53 , Je. 51:58 , Je. 50:32 , Zec. 4:6 , Zec. 4:7 , Re. 8:8 , Re. 17:16 , Re. 18:8 , Re. 18:9 , 2Ki. 23:13
• x: Je. 51:20 , Is. 14:5 , Is. 14:6

26 And ^ythey shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor ^za stone for foundations; but thou shalt be ⁹desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

• y: Is. 13:19 - 22 , Is. 14:23 , Je. 50:12 , Je. 50:13 , Je. 50:40 , Je. 50:41 , Je. 51:37 , Je. 51:42 , Je. 51:43
• z: Je. 28:16 , Ps. 118:22
• 9: Heb. everlasting desolations.

27 ^aSet ye up a ^*standard in the land, ^bblow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, ^ccall together against her ^dthe kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a ^ecaptain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

• a: Is. 13:2 - 5 , Is. 18:3 , Is. 5:26 , Je. 25:14
• *: standard-flag, banner.
• b: Je. 4:5
• c: Is. 13:2 - 5 , Is. 13:17 , Is. 21:2 , Je. 50:3 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:14 , Je. 50:26 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:28 , Je. 51:48
• d: Je. 50:41
• e: Na. 3:17

28 Prepare against her the nations with ^fthe kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

• f: Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:27 , Is. 10:8 , Je. 25:25

29 And ^gthe land shall tremble and sorrow: for ^hevery purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

• g: Is. 13:6 - 10 , Is. 21:3 , Is. 21:4 , Je. 50:43 , Je. 51:38 , Je. 51:54 , Je. 10:10 , 2:10 , Am. 8:8
• h: Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:12 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 21 , Isaiah 46 , Isaiah 47 , Re. 18:2 , Re. 18:21 - 24

30 The ⁱmighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they ^jbecame as women: ^kthey have burned her dwellingplaces; ^lher bars are broken.

• i: Is. 13:7 , Is. 13:8 , Is. 13:14 , Je. 50:30 , Je. 50:36 , Je. 50:37 , Je. 50:43 , Je. 51:32 , Je. 51:57 , 1Sa. 14:11 , Ps. 76:5 , Re. 18:10 , Na. 3:13 , Je. 48:41
• j: Is. 19:16
• k: Je. 50:32 , Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:58
• l: La. 2:9 , Am. 1:5 , Na. 3:13 , Ps. 107:16 , Ps. 147:13 , Je. 50:36

31 ^mOne ^*post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew ⁿthe king of Babylon that his city is taken ^oat one end,

• m: 1Sa. 4:16 , 2Sa. 18:19 , Je. 4:20 , 2Ch. 30:6
• *: post-messenger carrying letters.
• n: Da. 5:1 - 30 , Is. 14:4 - 22 , Je. 50:43
• o: Je. 50:26

32 And that the ^ppassages are stopped, and the ^qreeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are ^*affrighted.

• p: Je. 51:14 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:30 , Is. 45:1
• q: Is. 44:27 , Je. 50:38 , Je. 51:36 , Je. 51:37
• *: affrighted-frightened.

33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a ^rthreshingfloor, ¹⁰it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her ^sharvest shall come.

• r: Is. 21:9 , Je. 50:15 - 29 , Is. 41:15 , Is. 41:16 , Ho. 13:3 , Mi. 4:13 , Hab. 3:12
• 10: Or, in the time that he thresheth her.
• s: Mat. 13:39 , Is. 17:5 , Is. 18:5 , Ho. 6:11 , 3:13 , 3:14 , Re. 14:15 - 18

34 ^tNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like ^ua ^*dragon, he hath filled his belly with my ^*delicates, ^vhe hath cast me out.

• t: Je. 50:7 , Je. 50:17 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 51:5 , Je. 51:44 , Je. 51:49 , Jeremiah 39 , Jeremiah 52 , Lamentations 1 - 5 , 2 Kings 24 , 2 Kings 25
• u: Ps. 74:13
• *: dragon-serpent. , delicates-dainties.
• v: Re. 3:16

35 ¹¹The ^wviolence done to me and to ^xmy ¹²flesh be ^yupon Babylon, shall the ¹³inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

• 11: Heb. My violence.
• w: Zec. 1:15 , Je. 50:29 , Ps. 9:12 , Ps. 12:5 , Ju. 9:24
• x: Ju. 9:5 , 2Sa. 5:1 , Ne. 5:5
• 12: Or, remainder.
• y: Ps. 137:8 , Ps. 137:9 , Re. 18:6 , Mat. 7:2 , Ja. 2:13
• 13: Heb. inhabitress.

36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, ^zI will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I ^awill dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

• z: Je. 50:11 , Je. 50:34 , Je. 51:24 , Je. 51:49 , Ps. 12:5 , Zec. 1:15 , Zec. 1:16 , Mi. 4:11 - 13 , Hab. 2:15 - 17 , Hab. 1:13 , Is. 47:6 , Is. 43:14 , Is. 49:26 , Pr. 23:11 , Pr. 5:22
• a: Je. 50:38 , Je. 51:32 , Is. 44:27 , Re. 16:12

37 And ^bBabylon shall become ^cheaps, a dwellingplace for ^*dragons, ^dan astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

• b: Je. 50:12 - 15 , Je. 50:23 , Je. 50:26 , Je. 50:32 , Je. 50:39 , Je. 50:40 , Je. 50:45 , Je. 51:9 , Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:26 , Je. 51:29 , Je. 51:41 - 44 , Je. 51:47 , Je. 51:54 - 58 , Je. 51:62 , Is. 13:19 - 22 , Is. 14:23 , Je. 25:9 , Re. 18:2
• c: Is. 25:2
• *: dragons-jackals.
• d: Je. 18:16

38 They ^eshall roar together like lions: they shall ¹⁴yell as ^flions' whelps.

• e: Zec. 11:3 , Is. 21:5 , Is. 59:11 , Je. 51:39 , Da. 5:1 - 4 , Da. 5:30 , Da. 5:31 , Am. 3:4
• 14: Or, shake themselves.
• f: Na. 2:12

39 In ^gtheir heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

• g: Is. 21:5 , Is. 22:12 , Is. 22:13 , Da. 5:1 - 4 , Da. 5:30 , Da. 5:31 , Je. 51:57

40 I ^hwill bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with ⁱhe goats.

• h: Is. 34:6 , Is. 13:12 - 18 , Is. 14:21 , Is. 14:22 , Is. 47:9 , Is. 47:12 - 14 , Ps. 137:8 , Ps. 137:9 , Je. 50:27 , Je. 50:36 , Je. 50:37 , Je. 51:3 , Je. 51:4 , Je. 51:22 , Je. 51:23
• i: Je. 50:8

41 How is ^jSheshach taken! and how is ^kthe praise of the whole ^learth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

• j: Je. 25:26 , Je. 50:13 , Da. 4:30 , Is. 13:19 , Is. 14:4 - 23 , Je. 51:37 , Re. 18:10
• k: Je. 49:25
• l: Da. 5:4

42 The ^msea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

• m: Is. 8:7 , Is. 8:8 , Da. 9:26 , Ps. 18:16 , Ps. 144:7 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:64 , Is. 21:1

43 Her ⁿcities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

• n: Je. 50:39 , Je. 50:40

44 And ^oI will punish Bel in Babylon, and ^pI will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, ^qthe wall of Babylon shall fall.

• o: Je. 51:18 , Je. 51:47 , Je. 50:2 , Is. 46:1 , Is. 46:2
• p: Ezr. 1:7 , 2Ch. 36:7 , Da. 1:2 , 2Ki. 25:13 - 17 , Je. 50:28 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:24 , Je. 51:34 , Re. 18:11 , Re. 18:24
• q: Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:37 , Je. 51:58

45 My people, ^rgo ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

• r: Je. 51:6 , Je. 51:10 , Je. 51:50 , Je. 50:8 , Is. 48:20 , Is. 52:2 , Is. 52:11 , Is. 52:12 , Re. 18:4 , Re. 14:8 - 11

46 And ¹⁵lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the ^srumour that shall be heard in the land; ^ta rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and ^uviolence in the land, ruler against ruler.

• 15: Or, let not, Pr. 3.25,26. , Pr. 3:25 , Pr. 3:26
• s: Mar. 13:7
• t: Is. 21:3 , Is. 13:4
• u: Is. 13:13 - 18 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:26 , Je. 50:29 , Da. 5:30 , Da. 5:31 , Re. 12:7 , Re. 12:12 , Re. 16:14 , Is. 19:2 , Ju. 7:22 , 1Sa. 14:16 , 1Sa. 14:20 , 2Ch. 20:23

47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that ^vI will ¹⁶do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and ^wher whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

• v: Is. 21:9 , Is. 46:1 , Is. 46:2 , Je. 50:2 , Je. 51:18 , Je. 51:44 , Je. 51:52
• 16: Heb. visit.
• w: Je. 50:12 - 16 , Je. 50:21 - 32 , Je. 50:35 - 40 , Je. 51:24 - 43 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 29 , Isaiah 56 , Isaiah 47 , Habakkuk 2 , Revelation 16 , Revelation 18 , Revelation 19

48 Then ^xthe heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for ^ythe spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

• x: Je. 51:10 , Je. 50:28 , Je. 50:29 , Is. 44:23 , Is. 48:20 , Is. 49:13 , Re. 18:20 , Re. 19:1 - 7
• y: Je. 50:3 , Je. 50:9 - 16 , Je. 50:21 - 32 , Je. 50:41 , Je. 50:42 , Je. 51:2 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28

49 ¹⁷As ^zBabylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all ¹⁸the earth.

• 17: Or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon.
• z: Ju. 1:7 , Mat. 7:2 , Ja. 2:13 , Ps. 137:8 , Ps. 137:9 , Je. 50:11 - 29 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34 , Je. 51:10 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:24 , Je. 51:35 , Zec. 1:15 , Zec. 1:16
• 18: Or, the country.

50 ^aYe that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let ^bJerusalem come into your mind.

• a: Je. 44:28 , Je. 31:2 , Je. 31:7 - 12 , Je. 50:8 , Je. 50:20 , Is. 4:2 , Is. 48:20 , Is. 51:11 , Is. 52:2 , Is. 52:11 , Zec. 2:7 - 9 , Je. 51:45 , Ps. 137:5 , Ps. 137:6
• b: Ps. 122:6 , Ps. 137:5 , Ps. 137:6

51 We ^care confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for ^dstrangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.

• c: La. 2:10 , La. 2:15 , La. 2:16 , Ps. 44:15 , Ps. 44:16 , Ps. 79:4 , Ps. 137:1 , Ps. 115:2 , Eze. 36:20 , Je. 3:23 - 25
• d: Ps. 74:3 - 8 , Ps. 79:1 , La. 1:10 , Eze. 7:21 , Eze. 7:22 , Eze. 24:20

52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that ^eI will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the ^fwounded shall groan.

• e: Je. 51:47
• f: Is. 13:15 , Is. 13:16 , Da. 5:30 , Da. 5:31

53 ^gThough Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet ^hfrom me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

• g: Ps. 139:8 - 10 , Ge. 11:4 , Je. 49:16 , Ob. vs. 4 , Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:58 , Is. 47:7 , Is. 47:8 , Da. 4:30 , Is. 14:12 - 15
• h: Je. 50:9 - 16 , Je. 50:21 - 32 , Je. 50:34 - 45 , Je. 51:1 - 4 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:20 - 48 , Je. 51:55 , Je. 51:56 , Is. 13:2 - 5 , Is. 13:17

54 A ⁱsound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

• i: Je. 50:22 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:43 , Je. 51:29 , Je. 51:38 , Is. 13:6 - 8 , Is. 21:3 , Is. 21:4

55 Because ^jthe LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

• j: Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:10 , Je. 25:10 , Is. 15:1 , Is. 47:5 , Re. 18:23 , Je. 48:45

56 ^kBecause the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and ^lher mighty men are taken, every one of ^mtheir bows is broken: for ⁿthe LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

• k: Je. 51:55 , Re. 17:16
• l: Je. 51:30 , Je. 51:57 , Eze. 30:21 , Eze. 30:22 , Eze. 39:3 , Ps. 46:9 , Ps. 76:3 , Ps. 76:5
• m: 1Sa. 2:4
• n: Ps. 94:1 , Ps. 137:8 , 2Th. 1:6 , Je. 50:11 - 18 , Je. 50:28 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34 , Je. 51:24 , Je. 51:34 - 37 , Is. 59:18

57 And ^oI will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the ^pKing, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

• o: Je. 51:39 , Je. 50:35 , Je. 25:27 , Hab. 2:16 , Da. 5:1 - 4 , Da. 5:30 , Da. 5:31 , Is. 21:4 , Is. 21:5
• p: Je. 46:18 , Je. 48:15

58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; ¹⁹The ^qbroad walls of Babylon shall be ²⁰utterly broken, and her ^rhigh gates shall ^sbe burned with fire; and ^tthe people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

• 19: Or, The walls of broad Babylon.
• q: Je. 50:15 , Je. 50:26 , Je. 50:39 , Je. 50:40 , Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:44 , Je. 51:62
• 20: Or, made naked.
• r: Is. 45:2
• s: Je. 50:32 , Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:30
• t: Je. 50:13 , Hab. 2:13 , Je. 51:25 , Je. 51:26 , Je. 51:37

59 ¶The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of ^uNeriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went ²¹with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a ²²quiet prince.

• u: Je. 36:4
• 21: Or, on the behalf of. ch. 29.3. , Je. 29:3
• 22: Or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain.

60 So Jeremiah ^vwrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even ^wall these words that are written against Babylon.

• v: Je. 30:2 , Je. 36:2 - 4 , Is. 8:1 - 4 , Is. 30:8 , Hab. 2:2
• w: Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51

61 And Jeremiah said to ^xSeraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt ^yread all these words;

• x: Je. 51:59 , Je. 52:24
• y: Je. 29:1 , Je. 29:2 , 1Th. 4:18

62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, ^zto cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be ²³desolate for ever.

• z: Je. 50:3 , Je. 50:13 , Je. 50:39 , Je. 50:40 , Je. 51:26 , Je. 51:37
• 23: Heb. desolations.

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that ^athou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

• a: Je. 19:10 , Re. 18:21

64 And thou shalt say, ^bThus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and ^cthey shall be weary. ^dThus far are the words of Jeremiah.

• b: Je. 51:42 , Is. 14:23 , Is. 21:1 , Is. 26:14 , Is. 34:14 , Is. 13:19 - 22 , Je. 50:13 , Je. 50:39 , Je. 50:40
• c: Je. 51:58 , Ps. 76:12 , Hab. 2:13
• d: Job 31:40 , Ps. 72:20 , Je. 48:47