Jeremiah 51:53 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵³ 1 And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵³ Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵³ Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height (her lofty stronghold), yet destroyers will come upon her from Me, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵³ Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁵³ Even if Babylon scales the heavens and strengthens its towering defenses, the destroying armies will still come against her, at my command, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵³ If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵³ If Babylon should mount up to heaven and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53 Cross References

Genesis 11:4

And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

Job 20:6

1 His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

Isaiah 13:17

And it shall come to pass in that day, that when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage, wherewith thou didst serve before,

Isaiah 41:25

He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 47:5

3 Thou hast failed in the multitude or thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.

Isaiah 47:7

5 Such are all the things become to thee, in which thou best laboured: thy merchants from thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, there is none that can save thee.

Jeremiah 49:16

4 Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.

Jeremiah 50:21

9 Declare to many against Babylon, to all that bend the bow: stand together against her round about, and let nose escape; pay her according to her work: according to all that she hath done, do ye to her: for she hath lifted up herself against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:25

3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel, and the children of Juda are oppressed together: all that have taken them captives, hold them fast, they will not let them go.

Jeremiah 50:45

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine, and therefore they have staggered.

Jeremiah 51:11

9 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 51:25

3 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thrashingfloor, this is the time of her thrashing: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

Jeremiah 51:48

6 Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.

Jeremiah 51:56

4 And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I will bring upon her, and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus far are the words of Jeremias.

Jeremiah 51:58

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done.

Daniel 4:30

Baltasar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age.

Amos 9:2

0 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

Amos 9:4

2 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.

Habakkuk 2:9

7 For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.