Jeremiah 49:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ How is the famous city not forsaken, the town of my joy?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ How [remarkable that] the renowned city is not deserted, the city of my joy! [exclaims one from Damascus].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?

Common English Bible

²⁵ Forsaken is the renowned city, city of my delight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ How could they have abandoned the praiseworthy city, the city of rejoicing?

Jeremiah 49:25 Cross References

Jeremiah 33:9

And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them; they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

Jeremiah 51:41

How Sheshach is taken; the pride of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!

Revelation 18:10

they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, “Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.”

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”

Jeremiah 48:39

How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all his neighbors.

Jeremiah 48:2

the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned evil against her: “Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!” You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.

Isaiah 1:26

And I will restore your judges as at the first and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.