Jeremiah 50:26

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

Cross-reference

In Jeremiah 50:10, the same prophecy promises that Babylon's plunderers will be satisfied — verse 26 commands the utter destruction that brings that spoil.

Jeremiah 50:13 adds the reason (the LORD's anger) and result (utter desolation, horrified onlookers) behind the command to destroy Babylon utterly in 50:26.

Jeremiah 50:15 reveals that the attack called for in 50:26 is the LORD's vengeance, with Babylon's walls thrown down as she has done to others.

Jeremiah 50:23 describes Babylon as a broken 'hammer of the whole earth' — the instrument of destruction now itself destroyed, matching the total ruin commanded in 50:26.

Jeremiah 50:41 describes the northern invaders who will carry out the total destruction commanded in 50:26, specifying the attacking forces.

Jeremiah 50:9 specifies that the attackers come from the north as an assembly of nations, providing the origin of the assault commanded here.

Jeremiah 50:29 adds the reason for Babylon's destruction—her pride against the Lord—and calls archers to come against her.

Jeremiah 50:37 describes the sword against Babylon's horses, chariots, and mixed people, specifying the extent of the judgment.

Jeremiah 51:25 calls Babylon a 'destroying mountain' that God will roll down and burn — the same divine judgment behind the command to destroy her utterly in 50:26.

Jeremiah 51:26 promises not even a stone will be reused, making Babylon a perpetual waste — amplifying the 'nothing left' command in 50:26.

Jeremiah 51:27 issues a parallel call to arms against Babylon, naming specific nations, thus detailing the 'every quarter' of 50:26.

Jeremiah 51:28 lists the kings of the Medes as the invaders, providing the identity of the destroyers from 50:26.

Jeremiah 51:64 seals Babylon's fate with the image of sinking and never rising again, fulfilling the total destruction ordered in 50:26.

Revelation 18:21-24 reuses Jeremiah's Babylon imagery: a millstone sinks the city, music and trade cease — a typological fulfillment of the utter destruction decreed in 50:26.

Isaiah 14:23 echoes the same prophecy: Babylon becomes a possession of hedgehogs and is swept away with the broom of destruction — reinforcing the total desolation in 50:26.

Lamentations 1:15 depicts God's judgment on Jerusalem like treading a winepress, echoing the total destruction commanded against Babylon here.

Isaiah 45:3 Related theme

Isaiah 45:3 promises Cyrus treasures from Babylon's hidden storehouses — the same storehouses verse 26 commands to open and destroy.