For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s ven
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against ma
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” dec
There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have bec
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the S
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment ag
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retrib
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be fil
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege,
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the
Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.