O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
Jeremiah 25:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them, even of them: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even them [the Chaldeans who enslaved other nations]; and I will recompense [all of] them according to their deeds and according to the work of their [own] hands. American Standard Version (1901) For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands. Common English Bible Yes, many great nations and powerful kings will enslave them, and I will pay them back in full for what they have done and made with their hands. Catholic Public Domain Version For they have served them, though these were populous nations and great kings. And I will repay them according to their works and according to the deeds of their hands." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they have served them, whereas they were many nations and great kings: and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their hands. |
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! the LORD of hosts mustereth the host for the battle.
And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
great in counsel, and mighty in work: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men; to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.