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Jeremiah 51:58 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Jeremiah 51:58 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 51 verse 58 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. The broad: or, The walls of broad Babylon broken: or, made naked”
Jeremiah 51:58 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 51:58
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken (חֹמוֹת בָּבֶל הָרְחָבָה עָרֹה תִתְעָרְעַר, chomot Bavel har'chavah aroh tit'ar'ar)—Babylon's rechavah (broad/wide) walls will be utterly demolished (aroh tit'ar'ar, intensive doubling). Archaeology confirms Babylon's walls were massive. Yet God decrees total razing. And her high gates shall be burned with fire (וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ הַגְּבֹהִים בָּאֵשׁ יִצַּתּוּ, ush'areha hag'vohim ba'esh yitsattu)—The lofty gates (like the Ishtar Gate) will be fire-consumed.And the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, ...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 51:58
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“isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire”
“and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes”
“Thus shall Babylon sink”
“her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done”
“to Cyrus”
“nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh”
“they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.”
“they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city”
“but she is not healed: forsake her”