Jeremiah 51:53 References

53 "Though Babylon should aascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From bMe destroyers will come to her," declares the Lord.

a Genesis 11:4, Job 20:6, Psalms 139:8-10, Isaiah 14:12-14, Jeremiah 49:16, Amos 9:2, Obadiah 1:4

Genesis 11

4 They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top awill reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves ba name, otherwise we cwill be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."

Job 20

6 "Though his loftiness areaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,

Psalms 139

8 aIf I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, bYou are there.

9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

10 Even there Your hand will alead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Isaiah 14

12 "How you have afallen from heaven, O bstar of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!

13 "But you said in your heart, 'I will aascend to heaven; I will braise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.

14 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; aI will make myself like the Most High.'

Jeremiah 49

16 "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the arock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as bhigh as an eagle's, I will cbring you down from there," declares the Lord.

Amos 9

2 "Though they dig into aSheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they bascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

Obadiah 1

4 "Though you abuild high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the bstars, From there I will bring you down," declares the Lord.

Other references for Jeremiah 51:53

b Isaiah 13:3