Jeremiah 50:42
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 50 connects to 10 cross-references. The great oracle against Babylon begins: the city will be captured and its idols put to shame. Israel will seek the Lord and join an everlasting covenant. God has stirred up a great assemblage of nations from the north against …
Other Translations
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel <FI>are<Fi> they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
Cross References
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of …
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served …
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels …
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto …
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall …
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of …