Jeremiah 51:8
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8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered;
wail for her!
Bring balm for her wound;
perhaps she may be healed.(A)
Jeremiah 46:11
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11 Go up to Gilead, and take balm,
O virgin daughter Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
there is no healing for you.(A)
Isaiah 21:9
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9 Look, there they come, riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
Then he responded,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
and all the images of her gods
lie shattered on the ground.”(A)
Revelation 14:8
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8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her prostitution.”(A)
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Revelation 18:2
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2 He called out with a mighty voice,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
It has become a dwelling place of demons,
a haunt of every foul spirit,
a haunt of every foul bird,
a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.[a](A)
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- 18.2 Other ancient authorities read a haunt of every foul and hateful bird
Jeremiah 50:2
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2 Declare among the nations and proclaim;
set up a banner and proclaim;
do not conceal it, say:
“Babylon is taken;
Bel is put to shame;
Merodach is dismayed.
Her images are put to shame;
her idols are dismayed.”(A)
Jeremiah 48:20
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20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down;
wail and cry!
Tell it by the Arnon
that Moab is laid waste.(A)
Revelation 18:17-19
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17 For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!”
And all shipmasters and seafarers, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off(A) 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,
“What city was like the great city?”(B)
19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.”(C)
Revelation 18:8-11
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8 therefore her plagues will come in a single day—
pestilence and mourning and famine—
and she will be burned with fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”(A)
9 And the kings of the earth, who engaged in sexual immorality[a] and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;(B) 10 they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”(C)
11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo any more,
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- 18.9 Or prostitution
Nahum 3:19
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19 There is no assuaging your hurt;
your wound is mortal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands over you.
For who has ever escaped
your endless cruelty?(A)
Daniel 5:31
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31 [a]And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.(A)
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- 5.31 6.1 in Aram
Daniel 5:24
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24 “So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed.(A)
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Ezekiel 30:2
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Ezekiel 27:30-32
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30 and wail aloud over you
and cry bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;(A)
31 they make themselves bald for you
and put on sackcloth,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.(B)
32 In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
“Who was ever destroyed[a] like Tyre
in the midst of the sea?(C)
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- 27.32 Tg Vg: Heb silenced
Jeremiah 51:41
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41 How Sheshach[a] is taken;
the pride of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
an object of horror among the nations!(A)
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- 51.41 That is, Babylon
Jeremiah 48:31
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31 Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the people of Kir-heres I mourn.(A)
Jeremiah 30:12-15
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12 For thus says the Lord:
Your hurt is incurable;
your wound is grievous.(A)
13 There is no one to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
no healing for you.(B)
14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you,
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
because your sins are so numerous.(C)
15 Why do you cry out over your hurt?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
because your sins are so numerous,
I have done these things to you.
Jeremiah 8:22
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22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?(A)
Isaiah 47:9
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9 both these things shall come upon you
in a moment, in one day:
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.(A)
Isaiah 13:6-7
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6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt,(B)
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- 13.6 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
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