Jeremiah 51:47

Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 51

“Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.”Jeremiah 51:47

What Does Jeremiah 51:47 Mean?

Jeremiah 51:47 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 51, verse 47 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Judgment.

Cross-References (19)

These passages are connected to Jeremiah 51:47 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Jeremiah 50:2“Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.”Revelation 17:5“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”Isaiah 46:1“Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.”Jeremiah 51:52“Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.”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 50:4“In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.”Jeremiah 50:38“A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.”Habakkuk 2:19“Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.”Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.”Jeremiah 11:22“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:”Jeremiah 13:21“What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?”Jeremiah 23:34“And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.”Jeremiah 25:12“And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.”Jeremiah 50:12“Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.”Jeremiah 50:35“A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.”Jeremiah 51:18“They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.”Jeremiah 51:24“And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 51:43“Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.”Jeremiah 51:44“And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.”

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