Quotes about Judgment
“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
— Jeremiah 51:9
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
— Jeremiah 51:12
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
— Jeremiah 51:13
The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
— Jeremiah 51:14
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
— Jeremiah 51:18
With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
— Jeremiah 51:21
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
— Jeremiah 51:22
With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.
— Jeremiah 51:23
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 51:24
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
— Jeremiah 51:25
The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
— Jeremiah 51:29
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
— Jeremiah 51:36