Jeremiah 51:51-58
Legacy Standard Bible
51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;
Dishonor has covered our faces,
For (B)strangers have entered
The holy places of the house of Yahweh.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“When I will punish her (C)graven images,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
53 Though Babylon should (D)ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify [a]her lofty stronghold,
From (E)Me destroyers will come to her,” declares Yahweh.
54 The (F)sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For Yahweh is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud [b]noise [c]vanish from her.
And their (G)waves will roar like many waters;
The rumbling of their voices [d]sounds forth.
56 For the (H)destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured;
Their (I)bows are shattered;
For Yahweh is a God of (J)recompense,
He will fully repay.
57 “I will (K)make her princes and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a (L)perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
(M)Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.
58 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“The broad (N)wall of Babylon will be completely razed,
And her high (O)gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will (P)toil for nothing,
And the nations become (Q)weary only for fire.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:53 Lit the height of her strength
- Jeremiah 51:55 Or voice
- Jeremiah 51:55 Lit perish
- Jeremiah 51:55 Lit is given
Jeremiah 51:51-58
New King James Version
51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers (B)have come into the [a]sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 (C)Though Babylon were to [b]mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
54 (D)The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
55 Because the Lord is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
56 Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
(E)For the Lord is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
57 “And I will make drunk
Her princes and (F)wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says (G)the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly (H)broken,[c]
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
(I)The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:51 holy places
- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
- Jeremiah 51:58 Lit. laid utterly bare
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