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Jeremiah 51:53 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 51:53 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 51 verse 53 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Jeremiah 51:53 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven (כִּי־תַעֲלֶה בָבֶל הַשָּׁמַיִם, ki-ta'aleh Bavel hashamayim)—Hypothetical: even if Babylon ascended to the sky (echoing Babel's tower, Genesis 11:4), she cannot escape. And though she should fortify the height of her strength (וְכִי תְבַצַּר מְרוֹם עֻזָּהּ, v'khi t'vatsar m'rom uzzah)—though she fortifies her elevated stronghold. Babylon's walls were legendary: Herodotus claims 56 miles in circumference, 80 feet thick, 320 feet high (likely exaggerated but indicating massive scale). The Ishtar Gate, Etemenanki ziggurat (possibly inspiring Babel account...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 51:53
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“Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
“the pride of your heart has deceived you”
“you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol”
“I am against you”
“you who dwell in the clefts of the rock”
“to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh”
“to Cyrus”
“there I will command the sword”
“and all that is therein”
“Is not this great Babylon”