Verse 42

Jeremiah 51:42

Geneva Bible

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42 The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.

Original Language Text

hebrew

עָלָ֥ה עַל בָּבֶ֖ל הַ/יָּ֑ם בַּ/הֲמ֥וֹן גַּלָּ֖י/ו נִכְסָֽתָה

English Translation

He ascended on Babylon, the sea, in the noise of waves, it was conquered.

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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... Focus ↗

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.

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 ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 51 (64 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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