Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says the LORD.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 51:53 in context
Jeremiah 51:50–56
50
You who have escaped the sword, go!
Don’t stand still!
Remember the LORD from afar,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”
51
“We are confounded
because we have heard reproach.
Confusion has covered our faces,
for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.”
52
“Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD,
“that I will execute judgment on her engraved images;
and through all her land the wounded will groan.
53
Selected verse
Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says the LORD.
54
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55
For the LORD lays Babylon waste,
and destroys out of her the great voice!
Their waves roar like many waters.
The noise of their voice is uttered.
56
For the destroyer has come on her,
even on Babylon.
Her mighty men are taken.
Their bows are broken in pieces,
for the LORD is a God of retribution.
He will surely repay.
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