And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Jeremiah 51:41 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How Sheshach [Babylon] is taken! And the praise of the whole earth is surprised and seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and a horror among the nations! American Standard Version (1901) How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! Common English Bible How Sheshach has been defeated, the pride of the whole earth taken captive! How Babylon has become a wasteland among the nations! Catholic Public Domain Version How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? |
And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and an hissing, without inhabitant.
All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance.
and wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all: thou art the head of gold.
it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.