Jeremiah 51:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ They are worthless (emptiness, falsity, futility), a work of delusion and worthy of derision; in the time of their inspection and punishment they shall [helplessly] perish.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They are a delusion, a charade; at the appointed time they will be ruined!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ They are vain works and worthy to be laughed at: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Jeremiah 51:18 Cross References

Exodus 12:12

I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human to animal, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Isaiah 19:1

An oracle concerning Egypt. See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Isaiah 2:18

The idols shall utterly pass away.

Isaiah 46:1

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and cattle; these things you carry are loaded as burdens on weary animals.

Isaiah 57:12

I will announce your verdict, and the objects you made will not help you.

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

Jeremiah 10:14

Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols, for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction given by idols is no better than wood!

Jeremiah 18:15

But my people have forgotten me; they burn offerings to a delusion; they have stumbled in their ways, in the ancient roads, and have gone into bypaths, not the highway,

Jeremiah 46:25

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

Jeremiah 48:7

Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds and your treasures, you also shall be taken; Chemosh shall go out into exile, with his priests and his attendants.

Jeremiah 50:2

Declare among the nations and proclaim; set up a banner and proclaim; do not conceal it, say: “Babylon is taken; Bel is put to shame; Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame; her idols are dismayed.”

Ezekiel 6:6

Wherever you live, your towns shall be waste and your high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense stands cut down, and your works wiped out.

Jonah 2:8

Those who worship vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will be terrible against them; he will shrivel all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down each in its place, all the coasts and islands of the nations.

Acts 14:15

“People, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.