Jeremiah 51:8
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8 (A)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(B)wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
Jeremiah 46:11
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11 (A)Go up to Gilead, and take (B)balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
(C)there is no healing for you.
Isaiah 21:9
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9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
(A)And he answered,
(B)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
(C)and all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”
Revelation 14:8
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8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, (A)“Fallen, fallen is (B)Babylon the great, (C)she who made all nations drink (D)the wine of the passion[a] of her sexual immorality.”
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- Revelation 14:8 Or wrath
Revelation 18:2
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2 And he called out with a mighty voice,
(A)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become (B)a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt (C)for every unclean spirit,
a haunt (D)for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
Jeremiah 50:2
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2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
(B)Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’
Jeremiah 48:20
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20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
(A)wail and cry!
Tell it beside (B)the Arnon,
that (C)Moab is laid waste.
Revelation 18:17-19
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And (C)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and (D)cried out (E)as they saw the smoke of her burning,
(F)“What city was like the great city?”
19 And they threw (G)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
(H)where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For (I)in a single hour she has been laid waste.
Revelation 18:8-11
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8 For this reason her plagues will come (A)in a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and (B)she will be burned up with fire;
for (C)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
9 And (D)the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, (E)will weep and wail over her (F)when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 (G)They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas! Alas! (H)You great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For (I)in a single hour your judgment has come.”
11 And (J)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
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Nahum 3:19
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19 There is no easing your hurt;
(A)your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
(B)clap their hands over you.
For (C)upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?
Daniel 5:31
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31 [a] And (A)Darius (B)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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- Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aramaic
Daniel 5:24
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24 “Then from his presence (A)the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.
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Ezekiel 30:2
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2 (A)“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
(B)“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
Ezekiel 27:30-32
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30 (A)and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
(B)They cast dust on their heads
(C)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (D)make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they (E)raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
(F)‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Jeremiah 51:41
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41 “How (A)Babylon[a] is taken,
(B)the praise of the whole earth (C)seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
Jeremiah 48:31
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Jeremiah 30:12-15
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12 “For thus says the Lord:
(A)Your hurt is incurable,
(B)and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
(C)no healing for you.
14 (D)All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (E)an enemy,
the punishment (F)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
(G)because your sins are flagrant.
15 (H)Why do you cry out over your hurt?
(I)Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
(J)because your sins are flagrant,
I have done these things to you.
Jeremiah 8:22
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22 Is there no (A)balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?
Isaiah 47:9
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9 (A)These two things shall come to you
in a moment, (B)in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
(C)in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
Isaiah 13:6-7
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6 (A)Wail, for (B)the day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty[a] it will come!
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart (C)will melt.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:6 The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike
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