Verse 56
Jeremiah 51:56
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤י/הָ עַל בָּבֶל֙ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד וְ/נִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבּוֹרֶ֔י/הָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑/ם כִּ֣י אֵ֧ל גְּמֻל֛וֹת יְהוָ֖ה שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם
English Translation
For upon Babylon has come the destroyer, and the mighty ones were captured; for the God of retributions, the LORD, will repay.
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Chapter 51 Context
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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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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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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...
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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...
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