Jeremiah 49:25 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁵ How the famous city is forsaken, the joyful city!

More versions

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

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.”

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 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.

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 that are round about him.”

Jeremiah 51:41

“How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Revelation 18:10

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