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Jeremiah 51:12

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Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon!
Make the watch strong!
Set the watchmen,
and prepare the ambushes;
for Yahweh has both purposed and done
that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

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Jeremiah 51:12 in other translations

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:12 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 51:12 in context

  1. 10‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness:
    come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’
  2. 11“Make the arrows sharp!
    Hold the shields firmly!
    Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
    because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it;
    for it is the vengeance of Yahweh,
    the vengeance of his temple.
  3. 12Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon!
    Make the watch strong!
    Set the watchmen,
    and prepare the ambushes;
    for Yahweh has both purposed and done
    that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
  4. 13You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures,
    your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
  5. 14Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying,
    ‘Surely I will fill you with men,
    as with the canker worm;
    and they will lift up a shout against you.’