Jeremiah 51:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ And the land trembleth and is in pain: for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ [I foresee this:] The land trembles and writhes in pain and sorrow, for the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand–to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

Common English Bible

²⁹ The earth quakes and trembles because the LORD’s plans against Babylon are fulfilled: to reduce Babylon to a wasteland, with no one left in it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And the land shall be in a commotion and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.

Jeremiah 51:29 Cross References

Isaiah 14:16

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

Isaiah 24:20

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 50:45

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

Jeremiah 50:46

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.

Jeremiah 51:26

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:28

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

Jeremiah 51:37

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and an hissing, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:43

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

Joel 2:10

The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble: the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining:

Amos 8:8

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Revelation 18:2

And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of devils, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.