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Jer 51:56 — Because the spoiler is come upon her, [even] upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the spoiler		Jer 51:48; Jer 50:10; Isa 21:2; Hab 2:8; Rev 17:16
her mighty		Jer 51:30; Jer 50:36
every		Jer 49:35; Gen 49:24; 1Sa 2:4; Psa 37:15; Psa 46:9; Psa 76:3; Eze 39:3,9
the LORD		Jer 51:6,24; Jer 50:28,29; Deu 32:35; Psa 94:1,2; Psa 137:8; Isa 34:8; Isa 35:4; Isa 59:18; 2Th 1:6; Rev 18:5,6,20; Rev 19:2

Correlating Passages

the spoiler

	Jer 51:48	Then the heaven and the earth, and all that [is] therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
	Jer 50:10	And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
	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.
	Hab 2:8	Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
	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.

her mighty

	Jer 51:30	The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
	Jer 50:36	A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

every

	Jer 49:35	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
	Gen 49:24	But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
	1Sa 2:4	The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
	Psa 37:15	Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
	Psa 46:9	He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
	Psa 76:3	There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
	Eze 39:3	And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
	Eze 39:9	And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

the LORD

	Jer 51:6	Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this [is] the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
	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 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.
	Deu 32:35	To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
	Psa 94:1	O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
	Psa 94:2	Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
	Psa 137:8	O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
	Isa 34:8	For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
	Isa 35:4	Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you.
	Isa 59:18	According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
	2Th 1:6	Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
	Rev 18:5	For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
	Rev 18:6	Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
	Rev 18:20	Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
	Rev 19:2	For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 51:56," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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