OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Jeremiah 51:23

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With you I will break in pieces

the shepherd and his flock.

With you I will break in pieces

the farmer and his yoke.

With you I will break in pieces

governors and deputies.

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Jeremiah 51:23 in context

Jeremiah 51:20–26

20

“You are my battle ax and weapons of war.

With you I will break the nations into pieces.

With you I will destroy kingdoms.

21

With you I will break in pieces

the horse and his rider.

22

With you I will break in pieces

the chariot and him who rides therein.

With you I will break in pieces

man and woman.

With you I will break in pieces

the old man and the youth.

With you I will break in pieces

the young man and the virgin.

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With you I will break in pieces

the shepherd and his flock.

With you I will break in pieces

the farmer and his yoke.

With you I will break in pieces

governors and deputies.

24

“I will give to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.

25

“Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says the LORD,

“which destroys all the earth.

I will stretch out my hand on you,

roll you down from the rocks,

and will make you a burned mountain.

26

They won’t take a cornerstone from you,

nor a stone for foundations;

but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.

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