Verse 13
Jeremiah 51:13
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שכנתי שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙ עַל מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים רַבַּ֖ת אֽוֹצָרֹ֑ת בָּ֥א קִצֵּ֖/ךְ אַמַּ֥ת בִּצְעֵֽ/ךְ
English Translation
I dwelled, you have dwelt by many waters; abundant treasures have come to your end.
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Chapter 51 Context
1
Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and again...
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And I will send to Babylon fanners, and they shall fan her, and shall destroy her land: for they are...
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3
Let not him that bendeth, bend his bow, and let not, him go up that is armed with a coat of mail: sp...
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4
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.
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5
For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken by their God (Elohim) the Lord of hosts: but their land h...
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6
Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniqu...
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7
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that made all the earth drunk: the nations h...
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8
Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be he...
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9
We would have cured Babylon, but she is not healed: let us forsake her, and let us go every man to h...
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10
The Lord hath brought forth our justices: Come, and let us declare in Sion the work of the Lord our...
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11
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes:...
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12
Upon the walls of Babylon set up the standard, strengthen the watch: set up the watchmen, prepare th...
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13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction...
14
The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying : I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and the...
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15
He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out t...
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16
When he uttereth his voice the waters are multiplied in heaven: he lifteth up the clouds from the en...
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17
Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he h...
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18
They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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19
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the scept...
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20
Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and wit...
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21
And with thee I will break in pieces the horse, and his rider, and with thee I will break in pieces...
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22
And with thee I will break in pieces man and woman, and with thee I will break in pieces the old man...
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23
And with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his dock, and with thee I will break in pieces...
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24
And I will render to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil, that they have d...
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25
Behold I come against thee, thou destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the whole ear...
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26
And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt...
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27
Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations agai...
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28
Prepare the nations against her, the kings of Media, their captains, and all their rulers, and all t...
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29
And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Baby...
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30
The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath fai...
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31
One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon...
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32
And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted...
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33
For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God (Elohim) of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thras...
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34
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten me up, he hath devoured me: he hath made me as an empty ve...
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35
The wrong done to me, and my flesh be upon Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion : and my blood upon...
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36
Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and...
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37
And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing,...
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38
They shall roar together like lions, they shall shake their manes like young lions.
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39
In their heat I will set them drink: and I will make them drunk, that they may slumber, and sleep an...
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40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids.
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41
How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an aston...
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42
The sea is come up over Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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43
Her cities are become an astonishment, a land uninhabited and desolate, a land wherein none can dwel...
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44
And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he had s...
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45
Go out of the midst of her, my people: that every man may save his life from the fierce wrath of the...
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46
And lest your hearts faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land : and a rumou...
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47
Therefore behold the days come, and I will visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall be c...
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48
And the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them shall give praise for Babylon: for sp...
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49
And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain i...
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50
You that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jer...
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51
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers a...
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52
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all her l...
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53
If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come...
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54
The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans :
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55
Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste, and destroyed out of her the great voice: and their wave s...
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56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and thei...
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57
And I will make her princes drunk. and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valia...
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58
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down, and her high...
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59
The word that Jeremias the prophet commanded Saraias the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, when he...
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60
And Jeremias wrote in one book all the evil that was to come upon Babylon: all these words that are...
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61
And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all t...
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62
Thou shalt say: O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it: so that there should be n...
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63
And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt t...
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64
And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I wi...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Jeremiah
- Chapter
- Chapter 51 (64 verses)
- Version
- Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition