Psalms 87:4 I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me— also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia. They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!

87:4 NLT

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New Living Translation - I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me— also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia. They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!
新标点和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士和推罗并古实人，个个生在那里。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士、推罗和古实人，个个生在那里。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士、推罗和古实人，个个生在那里。
当代译本 - “我要把埃及人、巴比伦人、非利士人、泰尔人和古实人列为认识我的民族，视他们为生在锡安的人。”
圣经新译本 - “在认识我的人中，我提到拉哈伯和巴比伦，看哪！还有非利士、推罗和古实，我说： ‘这一个是生在那里的。’”
中文标准译本 - “在认识我的人中，我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦；看哪，还有非利士、提尔与库实，我说：‘这一个出生在那里！’”
现代标点和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士和推罗并古实人，个个生在那里。
和合本（拼音版） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的。看哪，非利士和推罗并古实人，个个生在那里。
New International Version - “I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush — and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ”
New International Reader's Version - He says, “I will include Egypt and Babylon in a list of nations who recognize me as king. I will also include Philistia and Tyre, along with Cush. I will say about them, ‘They were born in Zion.’ ”
English Standard Version - Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush — “This one was born there,” they say.
The Message - I name them off, those among whom I’m famous: Egypt and Babylon, also Philistia, even Tyre, along with Cush. Word’s getting around; they point them out: “This one was born again here!”
Christian Standard Bible - “I will make a record of those who know me: Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — each one was born there.”
New American Standard Bible - “I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me; Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Cush: ‘This one was born there.’ ”
New King James Version - “I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me; Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: ‘This one was born there.’ ”
Amplified Bible - “I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me— Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)— ‘This one was born there.’ ”
American Standard Version - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.
King James Version - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
New English Translation - I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, “This one was born there.”
World English Bible - I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”
新標點和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士和泰爾並古實人，個個生在那裏。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士、推羅和古實人，個個生在那裏。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士、推羅和古實人，個個生在那裏。
當代譯本 - 「我要把埃及人、巴比倫人、非利士人、泰爾人和古實人列為認識我的民族，視他們為生在錫安的人。」
聖經新譯本 - “在認識我的人中，我提到拉哈伯和巴比倫，看哪！還有非利士、推羅和古實，我說： ‘這一個是生在那裡的。’”
呂振中譯本 - 在認識我的人中間我要提起有拉哈伯和巴比倫人；你看，有非利士和推羅同古實人呢：『這一個是生於那裏的。』
中文標準譯本 - 「在認識我的人中，我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫；看哪，還有非利士、提爾與庫實，我說：『這一個出生在那裡！』」
現代標點和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士和推羅並古實人，個個生在那裡。
文理和合譯本 - 我必言及拉哈伯巴比倫、在識我者之中、非利士推羅古實、各有其人生於郇兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 其命維何、曰、喇合巴比倫之人、將宗事乎我兮、非利士、推羅、古實之人、將為郇之赤子兮、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主云拉哈伯與巴比倫人、我謂其必歸於認識我之人、非利士人、推羅人、並古實人、皆可以為生在郇城者、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 拉哈西比。為予素識。菲璃諦羅。乃至古實。莫不歸化。視同己出。
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Entre los que me reconocen puedo contar a Rahab y a Babilonia, a Filistea y a Tiro, lo mismo que a Cus. Se dice: “Este nació en Sión”».
현대인의 성경 - “내가 나를 아는 자 중에 이집트와 바빌로니아를 포함시킬 것이며 블레셋, 두로, 에티오피아 사람들도 ‘시온에서 났다’ 하리라.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мертвых.
Восточный перевод - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мёртвых.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - « Parmi tous ceux qui me connaissent, je ferai mention de Rahav, l’Egypte ╵aussi bien que de Babylone, j’inscris la Philistie, ╵et Tyr, et l’Ethiopie, comme étant nés ici . »
リビングバイブル - 友人たちと話していると、エジプトやバビロン、ペリシテやツロ、さらに、はるかエチオピヤの名前が話題にのぼりました。それらの国の生まれだと誇らしげに語る者がいました。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Entre os que me reconhecem incluirei Raabe e Babilônia, além da Filístia, de Tiro, e também da Etiópia , como se tivessem nascido em Sião .”
Hoffnung für alle - »In Ägypten und Babylon gibt es Menschen, die mich kennen und ehren, und auch bei den Philistern, in Tyrus und Äthiopien findet man Bürger meiner Stadt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ta sẽ nói đến Ra-háp và Ba-by-lôn là những nơi biết Ta— Phi-li-tin, Ty-rơ, và ngay cả Ê-thi-ô-pi xa xôi. Tất cả họ sẽ trở nên công dân của Giê-ru-sa-lem!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เราจะเอ่ยถึงราหับ และบาบิโลน ในหมู่ผู้ที่รู้จักเรา จะเอ่ยถึงฟีลิสเตียและไทระพร้อมกับคูช และจะกล่าวว่า ‘คนนี้ เกิดในศิโยน’ ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “เราจะประกาศว่า ราหับ และบาบิโลนอยู่ในกลุ่มผู้ที่รู้จักเรา แม้แต่ฟีลิสเตีย ไทระ และคูชด้วย แล้วจะพูดว่า ‘คนนี้เกิดที่นั่น’”

交叉引用

1 Samuel 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Psalms 137:8 - O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
Psalms 137:9 - Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!
Daniel 4:30 - As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
Isaiah 51:9 - Wake up, wake up, O Lord! Clothe yourself with strength! Flex your mighty right arm! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
Isaiah 13:1 - Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
Isaiah 13:2 - “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
Isaiah 13:3 - I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
Isaiah 13:4 - Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the vast armies march! It is the noise and shouting of many nations. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.
Isaiah 13:5 - They come from distant countries, from beyond the farthest horizons. They are the Lord’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.
Isaiah 13:6 - Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.
Isaiah 13:7 - Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,
Isaiah 13:8 - and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.
Isaiah 13:9 - For see, the day of the Lord is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it.
Isaiah 13:10 - The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.
Isaiah 13:11 - “I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty.
Isaiah 13:12 - I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:13 - For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”
Isaiah 13:14 - Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land.
Isaiah 13:15 - Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.
Isaiah 13:16 - Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
Isaiah 13:17 - “Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.
Isaiah 13:18 - The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.”
Isaiah 13:19 - Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
Isaiah 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again. It will remain empty for generation after generation. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
Isaiah 13:21 - Desert animals will move into the ruined city, and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures. Owls will live among the ruins, and wild goats will go there to dance.
Isaiah 13:22 - Hyenas will howl in its fortresses, and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces. Babylon’s days are numbered; its time of destruction will soon arrive.
2 Kings 20:17 - The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.
2 Kings 20:18 - Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.”
Isaiah 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
Isaiah 14:5 - For the Lord has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.
Isaiah 14:6 - You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
Acts of the Apostles 8:27 - So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
Isaiah 19:11 - What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Jeremiah 25:9 - I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
Revelation 17:5 - A mysterious name was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.”
Isaiah 23:1 - This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.
Isaiah 23:2 - Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea,
Isaiah 23:3 - sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.
Isaiah 23:4 - But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.”
Isaiah 23:5 - When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow.
Isaiah 23:6 - Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands!
Isaiah 23:7 - Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.
Isaiah 23:8 - Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, that great creator of kingdoms? Her traders were all princes, her merchants were nobles.
Isaiah 23:9 - The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility.
Isaiah 23:10 - Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.
Isaiah 23:11 - The Lord held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed.
Isaiah 23:12 - He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”
Isaiah 23:13 - Look at the land of Babylonia — the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble.
Isaiah 23:14 - Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!
Isaiah 23:15 - For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute:
Isaiah 23:16 - Take a harp and walk the streets, you forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody and sing your songs so you will be remembered again.
Isaiah 23:17 - Yes, after seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.
Isaiah 23:18 - But in the end her profits will be given to the Lord. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the Lord’s priests.
Daniel 2:47 - The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”
Daniel 2:48 - Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men.
Psalms 137:1 - Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 27:1 - Then this message came to me from the Lord:
Ezekiel 27:2 - “Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
Ezekiel 27:3 - that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “You boasted, O Tyre, ‘My beauty is perfect!’
Ezekiel 27:4 - You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made your beauty perfect.
Ezekiel 27:5 - You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Ezekiel 27:6 - They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
Ezekiel 27:7 - Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen, and they flew as a banner above you. You stood beneath blue and purple awnings made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Ezekiel 27:8 - Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
Ezekiel 27:9 - Wise old craftsmen from Gebal did the caulking. Ships from every land came with goods to barter for your trade.
Ezekiel 27:10 - “Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor.
Ezekiel 27:11 - Men from Arvad and Helech stood on your walls. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, completing your beauty.
Ezekiel 27:12 - “Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.
Ezekiel 27:13 - Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and articles of bronze to trade with you.
Ezekiel 27:14 - “From Beth-togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules, all in exchange for your goods.
Ezekiel 27:15 - Merchants came to you from Dedan. Numerous coastlands were your captive markets; they brought payment in ivory tusks and ebony wood.
Ezekiel 27:16 - “Syria sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods. They traded turquoise, purple dyes, embroidery, fine linen, and jewelry of coral and rubies.
Ezekiel 27:17 - Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs, honey, olive oil, and balm.
Ezekiel 27:18 - “Damascus sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar.
Ezekiel 27:19 - Greeks from Uzal came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and fragrant calamus were bartered for your wares.
Ezekiel 27:20 - “Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.
Ezekiel 27:21 - The Arabians and the princes of Kedar sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats in exchange for your goods.
Ezekiel 27:22 - The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares.
Ezekiel 27:23 - “Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.
Ezekiel 27:24 - They brought choice fabrics to trade—blue cloth, embroidery, and multicolored carpets rolled up and bound with cords.
Ezekiel 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!
Ezekiel 27:26 - “But look! Your oarsmen have taken you into stormy seas! A mighty eastern gale has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!
Ezekiel 27:27 - Everything is lost— your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
Ezekiel 27:28 - Your cities by the sea tremble as your pilots cry out in terror.
Jeremiah 50:1 - The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians.
Jeremiah 50:2 - This is what the Lord says: “Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
Jeremiah 50:3 - For a nation will attack her from the north and bring such destruction that no one will live there again. Everything will be gone; both people and animals will flee.
Jeremiah 50:4 - “In those coming days,” says the Lord, “the people of Israel will return home together with the people of Judah. They will come weeping and seeking the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 50:5 - They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the Lord with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray and turned them loose in the mountains. They have lost their way and can’t remember how to get back to the sheepfold.
Jeremiah 50:7 - All who found them devoured them. Their enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them, for they sinned against the Lord, their true place of rest, and the hope of their ancestors.’
Jeremiah 50:8 - “But now, flee from Babylon! Leave the land of the Babylonians. Like male goats at the head of the flock, lead my people home again.
Jeremiah 50:9 - For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss!
Jeremiah 50:10 - Babylonia will be looted until the attackers are glutted with loot. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 50:11 - “You rejoice and are glad, you who plundered my chosen people. You frisk about like a calf in a meadow and neigh like a stallion.
Jeremiah 50:12 - But your homeland will be overwhelmed with shame and disgrace. You will become the least of nations— a wilderness, a dry and desolate land.
Jeremiah 50:13 - Because of the Lord’s anger, Babylon will become a deserted wasteland. All who pass by will be horrified and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
Jeremiah 50:14 - “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon, all you surrounding nations. Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows. For she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:15 - Shout war cries against her from every side. Look! She surrenders! Her walls have fallen. It is the Lord’s vengeance, so take vengeance on her. Do to her as she has done to others!
Jeremiah 50:16 - Take from Babylon all those who plant crops; send all the harvesters away. Because of the sword of the enemy, everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.
Jeremiah 50:17 - “The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”
Jeremiah 50:18 - Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Now I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:19 - And I will bring Israel home again to its own land, to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan, and to be satisfied once more in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
Jeremiah 50:20 - In those days,” says the Lord, “no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
Jeremiah 50:21 - “Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:22 - “Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.
Jeremiah 50:23 - Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Jeremiah 50:24 - Listen, Babylon, for I have set a trap for you. You are caught, for you have fought against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:25 - The Lord has opened his armory and brought out weapons to vent his fury. The terror that falls upon the Babylonians will be the work of the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Jeremiah 50:26 - Yes, come against her from distant lands. Break open her granaries. Crush her walls and houses into heaps of rubble. Destroy her completely, and leave nothing!
Jeremiah 50:27 - Destroy even her young bulls— it will be terrible for them, too! Slaughter them all! For Babylon’s day of reckoning has come.
Jeremiah 50:28 - Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon, as they tell in Jerusalem how the Lord our God has taken vengeance against those who destroyed his Temple.
Jeremiah 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon. Surround the city so none can escape. Do to her as she has done to others, for she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:30 - Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:31 - “See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people,” says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Your day of reckoning has arrived— the day when I will punish you.
Jeremiah 50:32 - O land of arrogance, you will stumble and fall, and no one will raise you up. For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon that will burn up everything around them.”
Jeremiah 50:33 - This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.
Jeremiah 50:34 - But the one who redeems them is strong. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel. But for the people of Babylon there will be no rest!
Jeremiah 50:35 - “The sword of destruction will strike the Babylonians,” says the Lord. “It will strike the people of Babylon— her officials and wise men, too.
Jeremiah 50:36 - The sword will strike her wise counselors, and they will become fools. The sword will strike her mightiest warriors, and panic will seize them.
Jeremiah 50:37 - The sword will strike her horses and chariots and her allies from other lands, and they will all become like women. The sword will strike her treasures, and they all will be plundered.
Jeremiah 50:38 - A drought will strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.
Jeremiah 50:39 - “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas. It will be a home for owls. Never again will people live there; it will lie desolate forever.
Jeremiah 50:40 - I will destroy it as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns,” says the Lord. “No one will live there; no one will inhabit it.
Jeremiah 50:41 - “Look! A great army is coming from the north. A great nation and many kings are rising against you from far-off lands.
Jeremiah 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. As they ride forward on horses, they sound like a roaring sea. They are coming in battle formation, planning to destroy you, Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:43 - The king of Babylon has heard reports about the enemy, and he is weak with fright. Pangs of anguish have gripped him, like those of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan, leaping on the sheep in the pasture. I will chase Babylon from its land, and I will appoint the leader of my choice. For who is like me, and who can challenge me? What ruler can oppose my will?”
Jeremiah 50:45 - Listen to the Lord’s plans against Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep, and their homes will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 50:46 - The earth will shake with the shout, “Babylon has been taken!” and its cry of despair will be heard around the world.
Ezekiel 28:2 - “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.
Revelation 18:2 - He gave a mighty shout: “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.
2 Samuel 21:16 - Ishbi-benob was a descendant of the giants ; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds, and he was armed with a new sword. He had cornered David and was about to kill him.
2 Samuel 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”
2 Samuel 21:18 - After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.
2 Samuel 21:19 - During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!
2 Samuel 21:20 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.
2 Samuel 21:21 - But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.
2 Samuel 21:22 - These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.
1 Kings 10:1 - When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, which brought honor to the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
1 Kings 10:2 - She arrived in Jerusalem with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind.
1 Kings 10:3 - Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
1 Kings 10:4 - When the queen of Sheba realized how very wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built,
1 Kings 10:5 - she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the Lord.
1 Kings 10:6 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements and wisdom is true!
1 Kings 10:7 - I didn’t believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not heard the half of it! Your wisdom and prosperity are far beyond what I was told.
1 Kings 10:8 - How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!
1 Kings 10:9 - Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
1 Kings 10:10 - Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
1 Kings 10:11 - (In addition, Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought rich cargoes of red sandalwood and precious jewels.
1 Kings 10:12 - The king used the sandalwood to make railings for the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before or since has there been such a supply of sandalwood.)
1 Kings 10:13 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for, besides all the customary gifts he had so generously given. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.
1 Kings 10:14 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.
1 Kings 10:15 - This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders, all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land.
1 Kings 10:16 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds.
1 Kings 10:17 - He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:18 - Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
1 Kings 10:19 - The throne had six steps and a rounded back. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne.
1 Kings 10:20 - There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it!
1 Kings 10:21 - All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!
1 Kings 10:22 - The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish that sailed with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:23 - So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth.
1 Kings 10:24 - People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.
1 Kings 10:25 - Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
1 Kings 10:26 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.
1 Kings 10:28 - Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia ; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
1 Kings 10:29 - At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver, and horses for 150 pieces of silver. They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Job 9:13 - And God does not restrain his anger. Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath his feet.
Psalms 89:10 - You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Isaiah 19:23 - In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God.
Isaiah 19:24 - In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth.
Isaiah 19:25 - For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!”
Psalms 68:31 - Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals ; let Ethiopia bring tribute to God.
Psalms 45:12 - The princess of Tyre will shower you with gifts. The wealthy will beg your favor.

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New Living Translation - I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me— also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia. They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!
新标点和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士和推罗并古实人，个个生在那里。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士、推罗和古实人，个个生在那里。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士、推罗和古实人，个个生在那里。
当代译本 - “我要把埃及人、巴比伦人、非利士人、泰尔人和古实人列为认识我的民族，视他们为生在锡安的人。”
圣经新译本 - “在认识我的人中，我提到拉哈伯和巴比伦，看哪！还有非利士、推罗和古实，我说： ‘这一个是生在那里的。’”
中文标准译本 - “在认识我的人中，我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦；看哪，还有非利士、提尔与库实，我说：‘这一个出生在那里！’”
现代标点和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的；看哪，非利士和推罗并古实人，个个生在那里。
和合本（拼音版） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比伦人，是在认识我之中的。看哪，非利士和推罗并古实人，个个生在那里。
New International Version - “I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush — and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ”
New International Reader's Version - He says, “I will include Egypt and Babylon in a list of nations who recognize me as king. I will also include Philistia and Tyre, along with Cush. I will say about them, ‘They were born in Zion.’ ”
English Standard Version - Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush — “This one was born there,” they say.
The Message - I name them off, those among whom I’m famous: Egypt and Babylon, also Philistia, even Tyre, along with Cush. Word’s getting around; they point them out: “This one was born again here!”
Christian Standard Bible - “I will make a record of those who know me: Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — each one was born there.”
New American Standard Bible - “I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me; Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Cush: ‘This one was born there.’ ”
New King James Version - “I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me; Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: ‘This one was born there.’ ”
Amplified Bible - “I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me— Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)— ‘This one was born there.’ ”
American Standard Version - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.
King James Version - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
New English Translation - I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, “This one was born there.”
World English Bible - I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”
新標點和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士和泰爾並古實人，個個生在那裏。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士、推羅和古實人，個個生在那裏。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士、推羅和古實人，個個生在那裏。
當代譯本 - 「我要把埃及人、巴比倫人、非利士人、泰爾人和古實人列為認識我的民族，視他們為生在錫安的人。」
聖經新譯本 - “在認識我的人中，我提到拉哈伯和巴比倫，看哪！還有非利士、推羅和古實，我說： ‘這一個是生在那裡的。’”
呂振中譯本 - 在認識我的人中間我要提起有拉哈伯和巴比倫人；你看，有非利士和推羅同古實人呢：『這一個是生於那裏的。』
中文標準譯本 - 「在認識我的人中，我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫；看哪，還有非利士、提爾與庫實，我說：『這一個出生在那裡！』」
現代標點和合本 - 我要提起拉哈伯和巴比倫人，是在認識我之中的；看哪，非利士和推羅並古實人，個個生在那裡。
文理和合譯本 - 我必言及拉哈伯巴比倫、在識我者之中、非利士推羅古實、各有其人生於郇兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 其命維何、曰、喇合巴比倫之人、將宗事乎我兮、非利士、推羅、古實之人、將為郇之赤子兮、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主云拉哈伯與巴比倫人、我謂其必歸於認識我之人、非利士人、推羅人、並古實人、皆可以為生在郇城者、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 拉哈西比。為予素識。菲璃諦羅。乃至古實。莫不歸化。視同己出。
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Entre los que me reconocen puedo contar a Rahab y a Babilonia, a Filistea y a Tiro, lo mismo que a Cus. Se dice: “Este nació en Sión”».
현대인의 성경 - “내가 나를 아는 자 중에 이집트와 바빌로니아를 포함시킬 것이며 블레셋, 두로, 에티오피아 사람들도 ‘시온에서 났다’ 하리라.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мертвых.
Восточный перевод - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Насытилась душа моя страданиями, и жизнь моя приблизилась к миру мёртвых.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - « Parmi tous ceux qui me connaissent, je ferai mention de Rahav, l’Egypte ╵aussi bien que de Babylone, j’inscris la Philistie, ╵et Tyr, et l’Ethiopie, comme étant nés ici . »
リビングバイブル - 友人たちと話していると、エジプトやバビロン、ペリシテやツロ、さらに、はるかエチオピヤの名前が話題にのぼりました。それらの国の生まれだと誇らしげに語る者がいました。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Entre os que me reconhecem incluirei Raabe e Babilônia, além da Filístia, de Tiro, e também da Etiópia , como se tivessem nascido em Sião .”
Hoffnung für alle - »In Ägypten und Babylon gibt es Menschen, die mich kennen und ehren, und auch bei den Philistern, in Tyrus und Äthiopien findet man Bürger meiner Stadt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ta sẽ nói đến Ra-háp và Ba-by-lôn là những nơi biết Ta— Phi-li-tin, Ty-rơ, và ngay cả Ê-thi-ô-pi xa xôi. Tất cả họ sẽ trở nên công dân của Giê-ru-sa-lem!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เราจะเอ่ยถึงราหับ และบาบิโลน ในหมู่ผู้ที่รู้จักเรา จะเอ่ยถึงฟีลิสเตียและไทระพร้อมกับคูช และจะกล่าวว่า ‘คนนี้ เกิดในศิโยน’ ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “เราจะประกาศว่า ราหับ และบาบิโลนอยู่ในกลุ่มผู้ที่รู้จักเรา แม้แต่ฟีลิสเตีย ไทระ และคูชด้วย แล้วจะพูดว่า ‘คนนี้เกิดที่นั่น’”

1 Samuel 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Psalms 137:8 - O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
Psalms 137:9 - Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!
Daniel 4:30 - As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
Isaiah 51:9 - Wake up, wake up, O Lord! Clothe yourself with strength! Flex your mighty right arm! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
Isaiah 13:1 - Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
Isaiah 13:2 - “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
Isaiah 13:3 - I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
Isaiah 13:4 - Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the vast armies march! It is the noise and shouting of many nations. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.
Isaiah 13:5 - They come from distant countries, from beyond the farthest horizons. They are the Lord’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.
Isaiah 13:6 - Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.
Isaiah 13:7 - Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,
Isaiah 13:8 - and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.
Isaiah 13:9 - For see, the day of the Lord is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it.
Isaiah 13:10 - The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.
Isaiah 13:11 - “I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty.
Isaiah 13:12 - I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:13 - For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”
Isaiah 13:14 - Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land.
Isaiah 13:15 - Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.
Isaiah 13:16 - Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
Isaiah 13:17 - “Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.
Isaiah 13:18 - The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.”
Isaiah 13:19 - Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
Isaiah 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again. It will remain empty for generation after generation. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
Isaiah 13:21 - Desert animals will move into the ruined city, and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures. Owls will live among the ruins, and wild goats will go there to dance.
Isaiah 13:22 - Hyenas will howl in its fortresses, and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces. Babylon’s days are numbered; its time of destruction will soon arrive.
2 Kings 20:17 - The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.
2 Kings 20:18 - Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.”
Isaiah 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
Isaiah 14:5 - For the Lord has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.
Isaiah 14:6 - You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
Acts of the Apostles 8:27 - So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
Isaiah 19:11 - What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Jeremiah 25:9 - I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
Revelation 17:5 - A mysterious name was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.”
Isaiah 23:1 - This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.
Isaiah 23:2 - Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea,
Isaiah 23:3 - sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.
Isaiah 23:4 - But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.”
Isaiah 23:5 - When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow.
Isaiah 23:6 - Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands!
Isaiah 23:7 - Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.
Isaiah 23:8 - Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, that great creator of kingdoms? Her traders were all princes, her merchants were nobles.
Isaiah 23:9 - The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility.
Isaiah 23:10 - Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.
Isaiah 23:11 - The Lord held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed.
Isaiah 23:12 - He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”
Isaiah 23:13 - Look at the land of Babylonia — the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble.
Isaiah 23:14 - Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!
Isaiah 23:15 - For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute:
Isaiah 23:16 - Take a harp and walk the streets, you forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody and sing your songs so you will be remembered again.
Isaiah 23:17 - Yes, after seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.
Isaiah 23:18 - But in the end her profits will be given to the Lord. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the Lord’s priests.
Daniel 2:47 - The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”
Daniel 2:48 - Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men.
Psalms 137:1 - Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 27:1 - Then this message came to me from the Lord:
Ezekiel 27:2 - “Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
Ezekiel 27:3 - that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “You boasted, O Tyre, ‘My beauty is perfect!’
Ezekiel 27:4 - You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made your beauty perfect.
Ezekiel 27:5 - You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Ezekiel 27:6 - They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
Ezekiel 27:7 - Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen, and they flew as a banner above you. You stood beneath blue and purple awnings made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Ezekiel 27:8 - Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
Ezekiel 27:9 - Wise old craftsmen from Gebal did the caulking. Ships from every land came with goods to barter for your trade.
Ezekiel 27:10 - “Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor.
Ezekiel 27:11 - Men from Arvad and Helech stood on your walls. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, completing your beauty.
Ezekiel 27:12 - “Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.
Ezekiel 27:13 - Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and articles of bronze to trade with you.
Ezekiel 27:14 - “From Beth-togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules, all in exchange for your goods.
Ezekiel 27:15 - Merchants came to you from Dedan. Numerous coastlands were your captive markets; they brought payment in ivory tusks and ebony wood.
Ezekiel 27:16 - “Syria sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods. They traded turquoise, purple dyes, embroidery, fine linen, and jewelry of coral and rubies.
Ezekiel 27:17 - Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs, honey, olive oil, and balm.
Ezekiel 27:18 - “Damascus sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar.
Ezekiel 27:19 - Greeks from Uzal came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and fragrant calamus were bartered for your wares.
Ezekiel 27:20 - “Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.
Ezekiel 27:21 - The Arabians and the princes of Kedar sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats in exchange for your goods.
Ezekiel 27:22 - The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares.
Ezekiel 27:23 - “Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.
Ezekiel 27:24 - They brought choice fabrics to trade—blue cloth, embroidery, and multicolored carpets rolled up and bound with cords.
Ezekiel 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!
Ezekiel 27:26 - “But look! Your oarsmen have taken you into stormy seas! A mighty eastern gale has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!
Ezekiel 27:27 - Everything is lost— your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
Ezekiel 27:28 - Your cities by the sea tremble as your pilots cry out in terror.
Jeremiah 50:1 - The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians.
Jeremiah 50:2 - This is what the Lord says: “Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
Jeremiah 50:3 - For a nation will attack her from the north and bring such destruction that no one will live there again. Everything will be gone; both people and animals will flee.
Jeremiah 50:4 - “In those coming days,” says the Lord, “the people of Israel will return home together with the people of Judah. They will come weeping and seeking the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 50:5 - They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the Lord with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray and turned them loose in the mountains. They have lost their way and can’t remember how to get back to the sheepfold.
Jeremiah 50:7 - All who found them devoured them. Their enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them, for they sinned against the Lord, their true place of rest, and the hope of their ancestors.’
Jeremiah 50:8 - “But now, flee from Babylon! Leave the land of the Babylonians. Like male goats at the head of the flock, lead my people home again.
Jeremiah 50:9 - For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss!
Jeremiah 50:10 - Babylonia will be looted until the attackers are glutted with loot. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 50:11 - “You rejoice and are glad, you who plundered my chosen people. You frisk about like a calf in a meadow and neigh like a stallion.
Jeremiah 50:12 - But your homeland will be overwhelmed with shame and disgrace. You will become the least of nations— a wilderness, a dry and desolate land.
Jeremiah 50:13 - Because of the Lord’s anger, Babylon will become a deserted wasteland. All who pass by will be horrified and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
Jeremiah 50:14 - “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon, all you surrounding nations. Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows. For she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:15 - Shout war cries against her from every side. Look! She surrenders! Her walls have fallen. It is the Lord’s vengeance, so take vengeance on her. Do to her as she has done to others!
Jeremiah 50:16 - Take from Babylon all those who plant crops; send all the harvesters away. Because of the sword of the enemy, everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.
Jeremiah 50:17 - “The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”
Jeremiah 50:18 - Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Now I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:19 - And I will bring Israel home again to its own land, to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan, and to be satisfied once more in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
Jeremiah 50:20 - In those days,” says the Lord, “no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
Jeremiah 50:21 - “Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:22 - “Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.
Jeremiah 50:23 - Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Jeremiah 50:24 - Listen, Babylon, for I have set a trap for you. You are caught, for you have fought against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:25 - The Lord has opened his armory and brought out weapons to vent his fury. The terror that falls upon the Babylonians will be the work of the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Jeremiah 50:26 - Yes, come against her from distant lands. Break open her granaries. Crush her walls and houses into heaps of rubble. Destroy her completely, and leave nothing!
Jeremiah 50:27 - Destroy even her young bulls— it will be terrible for them, too! Slaughter them all! For Babylon’s day of reckoning has come.
Jeremiah 50:28 - Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon, as they tell in Jerusalem how the Lord our God has taken vengeance against those who destroyed his Temple.
Jeremiah 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon. Surround the city so none can escape. Do to her as she has done to others, for she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:30 - Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:31 - “See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people,” says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Your day of reckoning has arrived— the day when I will punish you.
Jeremiah 50:32 - O land of arrogance, you will stumble and fall, and no one will raise you up. For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon that will burn up everything around them.”
Jeremiah 50:33 - This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.
Jeremiah 50:34 - But the one who redeems them is strong. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel. But for the people of Babylon there will be no rest!
Jeremiah 50:35 - “The sword of destruction will strike the Babylonians,” says the Lord. “It will strike the people of Babylon— her officials and wise men, too.
Jeremiah 50:36 - The sword will strike her wise counselors, and they will become fools. The sword will strike her mightiest warriors, and panic will seize them.
Jeremiah 50:37 - The sword will strike her horses and chariots and her allies from other lands, and they will all become like women. The sword will strike her treasures, and they all will be plundered.
Jeremiah 50:38 - A drought will strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.
Jeremiah 50:39 - “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas. It will be a home for owls. Never again will people live there; it will lie desolate forever.
Jeremiah 50:40 - I will destroy it as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns,” says the Lord. “No one will live there; no one will inhabit it.
Jeremiah 50:41 - “Look! A great army is coming from the north. A great nation and many kings are rising against you from far-off lands.
Jeremiah 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. As they ride forward on horses, they sound like a roaring sea. They are coming in battle formation, planning to destroy you, Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:43 - The king of Babylon has heard reports about the enemy, and he is weak with fright. Pangs of anguish have gripped him, like those of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan, leaping on the sheep in the pasture. I will chase Babylon from its land, and I will appoint the leader of my choice. For who is like me, and who can challenge me? What ruler can oppose my will?”
Jeremiah 50:45 - Listen to the Lord’s plans against Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep, and their homes will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 50:46 - The earth will shake with the shout, “Babylon has been taken!” and its cry of despair will be heard around the world.
Ezekiel 28:2 - “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.
Revelation 18:2 - He gave a mighty shout: “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.
2 Samuel 21:16 - Ishbi-benob was a descendant of the giants ; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds, and he was armed with a new sword. He had cornered David and was about to kill him.
2 Samuel 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”
2 Samuel 21:18 - After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.
2 Samuel 21:19 - During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!
2 Samuel 21:20 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.
2 Samuel 21:21 - But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.
2 Samuel 21:22 - These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.
1 Kings 10:1 - When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, which brought honor to the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
1 Kings 10:2 - She arrived in Jerusalem with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind.
1 Kings 10:3 - Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
1 Kings 10:4 - When the queen of Sheba realized how very wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built,
1 Kings 10:5 - she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the Lord.
1 Kings 10:6 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements and wisdom is true!
1 Kings 10:7 - I didn’t believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not heard the half of it! Your wisdom and prosperity are far beyond what I was told.
1 Kings 10:8 - How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!
1 Kings 10:9 - Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
1 Kings 10:10 - Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
1 Kings 10:11 - (In addition, Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought rich cargoes of red sandalwood and precious jewels.
1 Kings 10:12 - The king used the sandalwood to make railings for the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before or since has there been such a supply of sandalwood.)
1 Kings 10:13 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for, besides all the customary gifts he had so generously given. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.
1 Kings 10:14 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.
1 Kings 10:15 - This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders, all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land.
1 Kings 10:16 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds.
1 Kings 10:17 - He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:18 - Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
1 Kings 10:19 - The throne had six steps and a rounded back. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne.
1 Kings 10:20 - There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it!
1 Kings 10:21 - All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!
1 Kings 10:22 - The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish that sailed with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:23 - So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth.
1 Kings 10:24 - People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.
1 Kings 10:25 - Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
1 Kings 10:26 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.
1 Kings 10:28 - Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia ; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
1 Kings 10:29 - At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver, and horses for 150 pieces of silver. They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Job 9:13 - And God does not restrain his anger. Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath his feet.
Psalms 89:10 - You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Isaiah 19:23 - In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God.
Isaiah 19:24 - In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth.
Isaiah 19:25 - For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!”
Psalms 68:31 - Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals ; let Ethiopia bring tribute to God.
Psalms 45:12 - The princess of Tyre will shower you with gifts. The wealthy will beg your favor.