Verse 13

Jeremiah 51:13

Geneva Bible

13 O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine ende is come, euen the ende of thy couetousnes.
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 sayth the Lord, Beholde, I wil raise vp against Babel, and against the inhabitants that lift vp... Focus ↗
2 And wil send vnto Babel fanners that shall fanne her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of tr... Focus ↗
3 Also to the bender that bendeth his bowe, and to him that lifteth himselfe vp in his brigandine, wil... Focus ↗
4 Thus the slaine shall fall in the lande of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her str... Focus ↗
5 For Israel hath bene no widowe, nor Iudah from his God (Elohim), from the Lord of hostes, though the... Focus ↗
6 Flee out of the middes of Babel, and deliuer euery man his soule: be not destroyed in her iniquitie:... Focus ↗
7 Babel hath bene as a golden cuppe in the Lordes hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations h... Focus ↗
8 Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be heal... Focus ↗
9 We would haue cured Babel, but she could not be healed: forsake her, and let vs go euery one into hi... Focus ↗
10 The Lord hath brought forth our righteousnesse: come and let vs declare in Zion the worke of the Lor... Focus ↗
11 Make bright the arrowes: gather the shieldes: the Lord hath raised vp the spirit of the King of the... Focus ↗
12 Set vp the standart vpon the walles of Babel, make the watch strong: set vp the watchmen: prepare th... Focus ↗
13 O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine ende is come, euen the ende of t...
14 The Lord of hostes hath sworne by him selfe, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with cater... Focus ↗
15 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched o... Focus ↗
16 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend... Focus ↗
17 Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his... Focus ↗
18 They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Focus ↗
19 The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde o... Focus ↗
20 Thou art mine hammer, and weapons of warre: for with thee will I breake the nations, and with thee w... Focus ↗
21 And by thee wil I breake horse and horseman, and by thee will I breake the charet and him that ridet... Focus ↗
22 By thee also will I breake man and woman, and by thee wil I breake olde and yong, and by thee wil I... Focus ↗
23 I wil also breake by thee the shepheard and his flocke, and by thee will I breake the husband man an... Focus ↗
24 And I will render vnto Babel, and to all the inhabitants of the Caldeans all their euil, that they h... Focus ↗
25 Beholde, I come vnto thee, O destroying mountaine, sayth the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: a... Focus ↗
26 They shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be des... Focus ↗
27 Set vp a standard in the lande: blowe the trumpets among the nations: prepare the nations against he... Focus ↗
28 Prepare against her the nations with the Kings of the Medes, the dukes thereof, and the princes ther... Focus ↗
29 And the land shall tremble and sorow: for the deuise of the Lord shalbe performed against Babel, to... Focus ↗
30 The strong men of Babel haue ceased to fight: they haue remayned in their holdes: their strength hat... Focus ↗
31 A post shall runne to meete the post, and a messenger to meete the messenger, to shew the King of Ba... Focus ↗
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reedes burnt with fire, and the me of war troubled. Focus ↗
33 For thus sayth the Lord of hosts the God (Elohim) of Israel, the daughter of Babel is like a threshi... Focus ↗
34 Nebuchad-nezzar the King of Babel hath deuoured me, and destroyed me: he hath made me an emptie vess... Focus ↗
35 The spoyle of me, and that which was left of me, is brought vnto Babel, shall the inhabitant of Zion... Focus ↗
36 Therefore thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I will maintayne thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and... Focus ↗
37 And Babel shall be as heapes, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without... Focus ↗
38 They shall rore together like lions, and yell as the lyons whelpes. Focus ↗
39 In their heate I will make them feastes, and I wil make them drunken, that they may reioyce, and sle... Focus ↗
40 I wil bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, and like rams and goates. Focus ↗
41 How is Sheshach taken! and howe is the glory of the whole earth taken! how is Babel become an astoni... Focus ↗
42 The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof. Focus ↗
43 Her cities are desolate: the land is dry and a wildernes, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither do... Focus ↗
44 I wil also visite Bel in Babel, and I wil bring out of his mouth, that which he hath swallowed vp, a... Focus ↗
45 My people, go out of the middes of her, and deliuer yee euery man his soule from the fierce wrath of... Focus ↗
46 Least your heart euen faynt, and ye feare the rumour, that shalbe heard in the land: the rumour shal... Focus ↗
47 Therefore beholde, the dayes come, that I will visite the images of Babel, and the whole land shalbe... Focus ↗
48 Then the heauen and the earth, and all that is therein, shall reioyce for Babel: for the destroyers... Focus ↗
49 As Babel caused the slaine of Israel to fal, so by Babel the slaine of all the earth did fall. Focus ↗
50 Ye that haue escaped the sworde, goe away, stand not still: remember the Lord a farre of, and let Ie... Focus ↗
51 Wee are confounded because wee haue heard reproch: shame hath couered our faces, for straungers are... Focus ↗
52 Wherefore behold, the dayes come, sayth the Lord, that I will visite her grauen images, and through... Focus ↗
53 Though Babel should mount vp to heauen, and though shee should defend her strength on hye, yet from... Focus ↗
54 A sound of a cry commeth from Babel, and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans, Focus ↗
55 Because the Lord hath layde Babel waste and destroyed from her the great voyce, and her waues shall... Focus ↗
56 Because the destroyer is come vpon her, euen vpon Babel, and her strong men are taken, their bowes a... Focus ↗
57 And I will make drunke her princes, and her wise men, her dukes, and her nobles, and her strong men:... Focus ↗
58 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The thicke wall of Babel shalbe broken, and her hie gates shall be bu... Focus ↗
59 The worde which Ieremiah the Prophet commanded Sheraiah the sonne of Neriiah, the sonne of Maaseiah,... Focus ↗
60 So Ieremiah wrote in a booke all the euill that should come vpon Babel: euen al these things, that a... Focus ↗
61 And Ieremiah sayd to Sheraiah, Whe thou commest vnto Babel, and shalt see, and shalt reade all these... Focus ↗
62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, that none should re... Focus ↗
63 And when thou hast made an ende of reading this booke, thou shalt binde a stone to it, and cast it i... Focus ↗
64 And shalt say, Thus shall Babel be drowned, and shall not rise from the euil, that I will bring vpon... Focus ↗