Jeremiah 50:1

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“This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:”

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BSBPD

“This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 50:1 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  2. Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
  3. 2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
  4. Job 1:17While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  5. Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
  6. Isaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
  7. Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
  8. Isaiah 21:1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
  9. Isaiah 23:13Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
  10. Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
  11. Jeremiah 25:12But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
  12. Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
  13. Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
  14. Jeremiah 51:1This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
  15. Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  16. Acts 7:4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
  17. 2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  18. Revelation 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

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