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Jeremiah 51:53

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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.

Though Babylon {H894} should mount up {H5927} to heaven {H8064}, and though she should fortify {H1219} the height {H4791} of her strength {H5797}, yet {H227} from me shall spoilers {H7703} come {H935} unto her, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}.

Even if Bavel scales the heavens or reinforces her lofty stronghold, plunderers will come to her from me," says ADONAI.

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

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.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 11:4 (5 votes)

    And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

  • Jeremiah 49:16 (5 votes)

    Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 51:25 (3 votes)

    Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest 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.

  • Obadiah 1:3 (3 votes)

    The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

  • Obadiah 1:4 (3 votes)

    Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

  • Psalms 139:8 (3 votes)

    If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].

  • Psalms 139:10 (3 votes)

    Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.