“Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,and though she should fortify the height of her strength,yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh.”
Jeremiah 51:53 (WEB)
Context Reading
51“We are confoundedbecause we have heard reproach.Confusion has covered our faces,for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.” 52“Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,“that I will execute judgment on her engraved images;and through all her land the wounded will groan. 53Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,and though she should fortify the height of her strength,yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh. 54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! 55For Yahweh lays Babylon waste,and destroys out of her the great voice!Their waves roar like many waters.The noise of their voice is uttered.