Cross References If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord. Genesis 11:4 And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands. Job 20:6 If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds: Psalm 139:8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. Isaiah 13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory. Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations? Jeremiah 49:16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 51:56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay. Amos 9:2 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered. Obadiah 1:4 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground? Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord. mount Jeremiah 51:25,58 Behold I come against thee, thou destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. . . . Jeremiah 49:16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. Genesis 11:4 And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands. Psalm 139:8-10 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. . . . Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations? . . . Isaiah 47:5,7 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms. . . . Ezekiel 31:9-11 For I made him beautiful and thick set with many branches: and all the trees of pleasure, that were in the paradise of God, envied him. . . . Daniel 4:30 The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was driven away from among men, and did eat grass, like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like birds' claws. Amos 9:4 And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them. Obadiah 1:3,4 Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible. . . . from Jeremiah 51:1-4,11,48 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me. . . . Jeremiah 50:9,10,21,25,31-34,45 For behold I raise up, and will bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north: and they shall be prepared against her, and from thence she shall be taken: their arrows, like those of a mighty man, a destroyer, shall not return in vain. . . . Isaiah 10:6,7 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. . . . Isaiah 13:2-5,17 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates. . . . Isaiah 41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay. Isaiah 45:1-5 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. . . . Context Babylon's Punishment…52Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all her land the wounded shall groan: 53If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.54The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:… Lexicon Even ifכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction Babylon בָבֶל֙ (ḇā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city should ascend תַעֲלֶ֤ה (ṯa·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively to the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky and fortify תְבַצֵּ֖ר (ṯə·ḇaṣ·ṣêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose her lofty מְר֣וֹם (mə·rō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4791: Altitude stronghold, עֻזָּ֑הּ (‘uz·zāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5797: Strength, might the destroyers שֹׁדְדִ֛ים (šō·ḏə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin I send מֵאִתִּ֗י (mê·’it·tî) Preposition-m | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among will come יָבֹ֧אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go against her, לָ֖הּ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Additional Translations Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her, declares the LORD.Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come to her, said the LORD. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah. For though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, saith the Lord. Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith Jehovah. 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. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the hight of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come to her, saith the LORD. Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Yahweh. Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah. Jump to Previous Ascend Babylon Declares Destroyers Fortify Heaven Heavens Height High Hight Lofty Mount Places Shut Sky Spoilers Strength Strong Stronghold Walls WasteJump to Next Ascend Babylon Declares Destroyers Fortify Heaven Heavens Height High Hight Lofty Mount Places Shut Sky Spoilers Strength Strong Stronghold Walls WasteExternal Links Jeremiah 51:53 NIVJeremiah 51:53 NLT Jeremiah 51:53 ESV Jeremiah 51:53 NASB Jeremiah 51:53 ASV Jeremiah 51:53 Bible Apps Jeremiah 51:53 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 51:53 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 51:53 French Bible Jeremiah 51:53 German Bible Alphabetical: against and ascend Babylon come declares destroyers Even fortifies fortify From heavens her I if lofty LORD Me reaches send she should sky stronghold the Though to will OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to (Jer.) 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