Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 50:11 describes Babylon as fat bulls rejoicing over Israel; here the bullocks are slain—pride leads to destruction.
In Jeremiah 50:31, the same phrase 'your day has come' repeats, reinforcing the announcement of Babylon's punishment.
Jeremiah 50:35 is the next verse in the same oracle, detailing the sword against Babylon — immediate context of judgment.
In Jeremiah 27:7, God prophesies Babylon will serve until its 'own land's time' comes—the very judgment declared here.
Jeremiah 51:54 announces the cry and destruction that follow the slaughter, showing the fulfillment of the woe in 50:27.
Jeremiah 51:40 uses the same slaughter imagery of lambs and goats, reinforcing the sacrificial destruction of Babylon's warriors.
In Jeremiah 11:23, the same phrase 'year of their punishment' appears for Anathoth — verbal parallel to 'day of their punishment'.
Jeremiah 12:3 uses 'day of slaughter' and dragging like sheep to butcher — closely matching 'go down to the slaughter' here.
Jeremiah 48:15 says Moab's choicest young men go down to the slaughter — almost identical language to Babylon's young bulls.
Jeremiah 51:3 commands not to spare Babylon's young men — directly parallel to 'kill all her young bulls' in the same prophecy series.
Jeremiah 51:13 echoes the same 'time has come' judgment against Babylon, emphasizing its wealth and waters as the setting for its end.
In Jeremiah 48:44, the 'year of punishment' for Moab parallels the 'time of punishment' for Babylon, showing God's universal justice.
In Psalm 37:13, the Lord sees the wicked's 'day coming,' echoing the certainty of judgment here.
In Ezekiel 7:5-7, 'the day has come' for Israel's judgment, using identical language to describe the time of punishment.
Isaiah 47:3 continues judgment on Babylon with exposed nakedness and vengeance — parallel theme of punishment.
Isaiah 43:14 also prophesies Babylon's downfall, promising to bring down the Babylonians — same target of divine punishment.
Ezekiel 39:17-20 calls the judgment a great sacrificial feast for birds and beasts, expanding the slaughter imagery of Babylon being 'slain'.
Revelation 19:17-18 pictures birds feasting on the slain at God's great supper, fulfilling the pattern of judgment seen in Babylon's slaughter.
Ezekiel 39:18 applies similar sacrificial animal imagery to Gog, broadening the theme of divine judgment on enemies.
Isaiah 34:7 describes bullocks and bulls being slain in God's judgment on Edom, paralleling the slaughter of Babylon's bullocks here.