Jeremiah 50:42
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 50
“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.”Jeremiah 50:42
What Does Jeremiah 50:42 Mean?
Jeremiah 50:42 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 50, verse 42 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 50:42 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 47:1“Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.”Isaiah 5:30“And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.”Isaiah 13:17“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”Isaiah 47:6“I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.”Jeremiah 6:23“They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.”Jeremiah 8:16“The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.”Jeremiah 47:3“At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;”Jeremiah 50:14“Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.”1 Chronicles 19:9“And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.”Psalms 46:2“Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;”Psalms 46:6“The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.”Psalms 74:20“Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.”Psalms 137:8“O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.”Isaiah 5:28“Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:”Isaiah 14:6“He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.”Isaiah 21:9“And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.”Jeremiah 6:22“Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.”Ezekiel 26:3“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.”Habakkuk 1:6“For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.”James 2:13“For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”
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