Jeremiah 51:36-44
New King James Version
36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (A)I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
(B)I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
37 (C)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(D)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
39 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
(E)I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
40 “I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
41 “Oh, how (F)Sheshach[a] is taken!
Oh, how (G)the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!
42 (H)The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
43 (I)Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where (J)no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
44 I will punish (K)Bel[b] in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, (L)the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 A code word for Babylon, Jer. 25:26
- Jeremiah 51:44 A Babylonian god
Jeremiah 51:36-44
Authorized (King James) Version
36 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee;
and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
37 And Babylon shall become heaps,
a dwellingplace for dragons,
an astonishment, and an hissing,
without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions:
they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
39 In their heat I will make their feasts,
and I will make them drunken,
that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake, saith the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with he goats.
41 How is Sheshach taken!
and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised!
how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon:
she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Her cities are a desolation,
a dry land, and a wilderness,
a land wherein no man dwelleth,
neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon,
and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up:
and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him:
yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
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