Jeremiah 51:49

“As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.”

"As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth." - Jeremiah 51:49
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What does Jeremiah 51:49 mean?

Jeremiah 51:49 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth." This verse is part of the prophecy of Jeremiah against Babylon. Babylon was a powerful and wicked nation in the…

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The Fate of Nations: A Reflection on Divine Justice

**Introduction: The Weight of Prophecy** Jeremiah 51:49 states, "As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth." This profound verse not only serves as a historical warning to the ancient city of Babylon but also…

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A Prayer for Justice and Restoration: Reflecting on Jeremiah 51:49

Heavenly Father, In your holy presence, we gather our thoughts and hearts, reflecting on the weightiness of your word in Jeremiah 51:49: "As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth." You remind us, dear Lord, that…

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Jeremiah 51:49 - "As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth."
Jeremiah 3:49
Jeremiah 51:51 - "We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house."
Jeremiah 51:61 - "And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;"
Jeremiah 49:34 - "¶ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,"
Jeremiah 51:18 - "They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish."
Jeremiah 51:60 - "So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon."
Jeremiah 49:25 - "How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!"
Jeremiah 51:38 - "They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps."
Jeremiah 51:32 - "And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted."
Jeremiah 51:42 - "The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof."
Jeremiah 51:37 - "And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant."
Jeremiah 51:4 - "Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets."
Jeremiah 49:6 - "And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 51:54 - "A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:"
Jeremiah 51:40 - "I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats."
Jeremiah 49:15 - "For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men."
Jeremiah 49:27 - "And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad."
Jeremiah 49:21 - "The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea."
Jeremiah 51:64 - "And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah."
Jeremiah 49:35 - "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might."
Jeremiah 49:39 - "¶ But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 49:38 - "And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 51:8 - "Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed."
Jeremiah 51:26 - "And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 49:11 - "Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me."
Jeremiah 51:59 - "¶ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince."
Jeremiah 51:41 - "How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!"
Jeremiah 51:13 - "O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness."