Verse 41

Jeremiah 51:41

Noah Webster Bible

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41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַ/תִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְ/שַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּ/גּוֹיִֽם

English Translation

How has your greatness been captured and your praise seized, all the earth? How has it become desolate, Babylon, among the nations?

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Chapter 51 Context

1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the mid... Focus ↗

2 And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of tr... Focus ↗

3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his... Focus ↗

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her stre... Focus ↗

5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah by his God (Elohim), by the LORD of hosts; though their... Focus ↗

6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for... Focus ↗

7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have... Focus ↗

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, it may be she may be... Focus ↗

9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his o... Focus ↗

10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD... Focus ↗

11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the M... Focus ↗

12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare t... Focus ↗

13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, and the measure of th... Focus ↗

14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying , Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpil... Focus ↗

15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched... Focus ↗

16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors... Focus ↗

17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molt... Focus ↗

18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Focus ↗

19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of... Focus ↗

20 Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with... Focus ↗

21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces t... Focus ↗

22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and yo... Focus ↗

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in piec... Focus ↗

24 And I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have don... Focus ↗

25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: an... Focus ↗

26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be... Focus ↗

27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against he... Focus ↗

28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of Media, her captains, and all her rulers, and all t... Focus ↗

29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Baby... Focus ↗

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hat... Focus ↗

31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon t... Focus ↗

32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are... Focus ↗

33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a thre... Focus ↗

34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty ve... Focus ↗

35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my bl... Focus ↗

36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I wi... Focus ↗

37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, withou... Focus ↗

38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. Focus ↗

39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sle... Focus ↗

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. Focus ↗

41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an...

42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves. Focus ↗

43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land in which no man dwelleth, neither... Focus ↗

44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallow... Focus ↗

45 My people, depart from the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of... Focus ↗

46 And lest your heart should faint, and ye should fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land;... Focus ↗

47 Therefore behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her... Focus ↗

48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers sha... Focus ↗

49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the ea... Focus ↗

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusa... Focus ↗

51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are c... Focus ↗

52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: an... Focus ↗

53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the hight of her strength, y... Focus ↗

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: Focus ↗

55 Because the LORD hath laid waste Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves r... Focus ↗

56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of... Focus ↗

57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men , her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty m... Focus ↗

58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates... Focus ↗

59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when h... Focus ↗

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that ar... Focus ↗

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou shalt come to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all the... Focus ↗

62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall rem... Focus ↗

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it... Focus ↗

64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 51 (64 verses)
Version: Noah Webster Bible

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