Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD--vengeance for His temple. Cross References Leviticus 26:25 And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. Isaiah 45:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: Jeremiah 25:25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media; Jeremiah 46:3 "Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle! Jeremiah 46:4 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor! Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth--Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow. Jeremiah 50:3 For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee." Jeremiah 50:28 Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple. Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them. Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. Daniel 5:30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain, Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong!' Treasury of Scripture Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has 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. Make Jeremiah 46:4,9 Jeremiah 50:9,14,25,28,29 Isaiah 21:5 bright [heb] pure Jeremiah 51:27,28 1 Kings 11:14,23 1 Chronicles 5:26 his device Jeremiah 51:12,29 Jeremiah 50:45 the vengeance Jeremiah 51:24,35 Jeremiah 50:15,28 Psalm 74:3-11 |
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