Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 51 connects to 10 cross-references. The oracle against Babylon continues with instructions for Judah's departure: flee out of the midst of Babylon. God's vengeance for Zion's temple is the theme. Jeremiah orders the scroll of Babylon's doom to be tied to a stone and cast …
Other Translations
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device <FI>is<Fi> to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it <FI>is<Fi> , The vengeance of His temple.
Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.
Cross References
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of …
And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of …
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have …
I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou …
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; …
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he …
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: …