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Jer 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Make		Jer 46:4,9; Jer 50:9,14,25,28,29; Isa 21:5
bright		Heb. pure
the LORD hath		Jer 51:27,28; 1Ki 11:14,23; 1Ch 5:26; 2Ch 36:22; Ezr 1:1; Isa 10:26; Isa 13:17; Isa 13:18; Isa 21:2; Isa 41:25; Isa 45:1,5; Isa 46:11; Rev 17:16,17
the spirit		"Of Cyaxares king of Media, called ""Darius the Mede"" in scripture; and of Cyrus his nephew, king of persia, presumptive heir of the throne of his uncle."
his device		Jer 51:12,29; Jer 50:45
the vengeance		Jer 51:24,35; Jer 50:15,28; Psa 74:3-11; Psa 83:3-9; Hab 2:17-20; Zec 12:2,3; Zec 14:2,12

Correlating Passages

Make

	Jer 46:4	Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with [your] helmets; furbish the spears, [and] put on the brigandines.
	Jer 46:9	Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.
	Jer 50:9	For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
	Jer 50:14	Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
	Jer 50:25	The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
	Jer 50:28	The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
	Jer 50:29	Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
	Isa 21:5	Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.

the LORD hath

	Jer 51:27	Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
	Jer 51:28	Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
	1Ki 11:14	And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king's seed in Edom.
	1Ki 11:23	And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
	1Ch 5:26	And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
	2Ch 36:22	Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
	Ezr 1:1	Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
	Isa 10:26	And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and [as] his rod [was] upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
	Isa 13:17	Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.
	Isa 13:18	[Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
	Isa 21:2	A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
	Isa 41:25	I have raised up [one] from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
	Isa 45:1	Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
	Isa 45:5	I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
	Isa 46:11	Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it.
	Rev 17:16	And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
	Rev 17:17	For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

his device

	Jer 51:12	Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
	Jer 51:29	And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
	Jer 50:45	Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.

the vengeance

	Jer 51:24	And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
	Jer 51:35	The violence done to me and to my flesh [be] upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
	Jer 50:15	Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it [is] the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
	Jer 50:28	The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
	Psa 74:3	Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
	Psa 74:4	Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
	Psa 74:5	[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
	Psa 74:6	But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
	Psa 74:7	They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
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	Psa 83:3	They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
	Psa 83:4	They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
	Psa 83:5	For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
	Psa 83:6	The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
	Psa 83:7	Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
	Psa 83:8	Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
	Psa 83:9	Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
	Hab 2:17	For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
	Hab 2:18	What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
	Hab 2:19	Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
	Hab 2:20	But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
	Zec 12:2	Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem.
	Zec 12:3	And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
	Zec 14:2	For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
	Zec 14:12	And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 51:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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