Cross references

Jeremiah 51:56

For a destroyer is coming against her—

against Babylon.

Her warriors will be captured,

and their bows will be broken,

for the LORD is a God of retribution;

He will repay in full.

Jeremiah 51:56 BSB

Jeremiah 51:56 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 51:6 (6 votes) and Psalm 46:9 (4 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 49 to Revelation 19.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 51:56 point to?

The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

  2. Psalm 46:94 votes

    He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

  3. O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth. Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

  4. Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.

  5. Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

  6. For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

  7. Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

  8. Psalm 76:33 votes

    There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

  9. So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

  10. 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.

  11. O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

  12. A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

  13. For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

  14. Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.

  15. Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple. Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Which verses point to Jeremiah 51:56?

The 10 strongest of 19.