Jeremiah 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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 51:32 continues the same scene of Babylon's fall with fords seized and marshes burned — a parallel description of the enemy's collapse.

Jeremiah 51:57 pronounces doom on Babylon's warriors, making them sleep forever — directly parallel to their strength failing and becoming women here.

Jeremiah 51:56 directly continues this scene: Babylon's warriors are captured and their bows broken, emphasizing divine retribution.

Jeremiah 51:58 specifies the destruction of Babylon's walls and gates by fire, matching the burning dwellings and broken bars here.

Jeremiah 48:41 uses the same image of warriors becoming like a woman in labor for Moab — a parallel metaphor of divine judgment on nations.

Jeremiah 50:36 calls a sword against Babylon's warriors to destroy them — the same judgment theme on the same enemy from the same book.

Jeremiah 50:37 explicitly says foreign troops will 'become women' — an identical phrase describing Babylon's downfall in the preceding chapter.

Psalm 107:16 celebrates God breaking down gates of bronze and bars of iron — the very actions described here as happening to Babylon's gates.

Psalm 147:13 has God strengthening the bars of gates for blessing — the opposite of the broken gates and burned bars in this judgment scene.

Isaiah 13:7 Parallel

Isaiah 13:7 prophesies Babylon's warriors with feeble hands and melting hearts — a parallel prophecy against the same city by another prophet.

Isaiah 13:8 Parallel

Isaiah 13:8 likens Babylon's anguish to a woman in labor — directly parallels the 'become women' imagery used here for their warriors.

Isaiah 19:16 uses the same 'like women' imagery to describe Egypt's terror, mirroring Babylon's warriors becoming weak and fearful.

Isaiah 45:2 Parallel

Isaiah 45:2 directly parallels the breaking of bronze gates and iron bars — the same imagery of God demolishing barriers, here in a promise to Cyrus.

Nahum 3:13 Parallel

Nahum 3:13 echoes the same details: weak warriors, gates open to enemies, and bars consumed by fire — a near-identical depiction of a city's fall.

Lamentations 2:9 describes Jerusalem's gates sunk and bars broken — the same language of collapse, but applied to a different city under judgment.

Lamentations 1:6 pictures Jerusalem's princes fleeing without strength — the same loss of might that now befalls Babylon.