‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons, and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
Jeremiah 51:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate for ever. This is the Lord’s declaration. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [O Babylon] they shall not take your cracked stones for a cornerstone, or any stone for foundations, but you shall be waste and desolate forever, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible They will never remove a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you. You will be a wasteland forever, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity," says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord. |
‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons, and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
When the seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it a ruin for ever.
The earth quakes and trembles because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
Her cities have become a desolation, an arid desert, a land where no one lives, where no human being even passes through.