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Jeremiah 51:37-43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jeremiah 51:37-43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
37 and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,
a den of jackals,
an object of horror and of hissing,
without inhabitant.(A)
38 Like lions they shall roar together;
they shall growl like lions’ whelps.
39 When they are inflamed, I will set out their drink
and make them drunk, until they become merry
and then sleep a perpetual sleep
and never wake, says the Lord.(B)
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.(C)
41 How Sheshach[a] is taken;
the pride of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
an object of horror among the nations!(D)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.(E)
43 Her cities have become an object of horror,
a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one lives
and through which no mortal passes.(F)
Footnotes
- 51.41 That is, Babylon
Jeremiah 51:37-43
New International Version
Jeremiah 51:37-43
New International Version
37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,(B)
a place where no one lives.(C)
38 Her people all roar like young lions,(D)
they growl like lion cubs.
39 But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,(E)
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever(F) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(G)
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.(H)
41 “How Sheshak[a](I) will be captured,(J)
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(K) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves(L) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert(M) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.(N)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
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