Jeremiah 51:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 6 When he uttereth his voice the waters are multiplied in heaven: he lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth, he hath turned lightning into rain: and hath brought forth the wind out of his treasures.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered (destroyed)! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; if [you do] so she may [possibly] be healed! [Jer. 25:15; Rev. 14:8-10; 16:19; 18:2, 3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Common English Bible

⁸ But suddenly Babylon fell and shattered into pieces. Wail for her! Bring medicine for her pain; perhaps she will recover.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.

Jeremiah 51:8 Cross References

Isaiah 21:9

7 And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.

Isaiah 47:11

For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

Isaiah 47:9

For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 46:11

9 Furnish thyself to go into captivity, thou daughter inhabitant of Egypt: for Memphis shall be made desolate, and shall be forsaken and uninhabited.

Jeremiah 48:20

8 Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you that dwell in Moab: and be ye Iike the dove that maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the highest place.

Jeremiah 48:31

9 How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded ! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.

Jeremiah 50:2

0 And Chaldea shall be made a prey: all that waste her shall be filled, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:41

9 And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth.

Jeremiah 8:22

Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.

Ezekiel 30:2

0 Thus saith the Lord God : I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon.

Daniel 5:24

It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors to be over his whole kingdom.

Daniel 5:31

Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor any man be allowed to transgress it.

Nahum 3:19

Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat.

Revelation 14:8

7 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

Revelation 18:2

1 And the merchants of the earth shall weep, and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more.