Jeremiah 51:20
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
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
Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
An axe <FI>art<Fi> thou to me--weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
Cross References
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh …
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, …
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, …
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? …
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them …
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt …
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of …
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon …