Jeremiah 51:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ They are worthless, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they 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.

Jeremiah 51:18 Cross References

Exodus 12:12

‘And I shall pass through the land of Mitsrayim on that night, and shall strike all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Mitsrayim I shall execute judgment. I am יהוה.

Isaiah 19:1

The message concerning Mitsrayim. See, יהוה is riding on a swift cloud, and He shall come into Mitsrayim. And the idols of Mitsrayim shall tremble at His presence, and the heart of Mitsrayim melt in its midst.

Isaiah 2:18

and the idols completely pass away.

Isaiah 46:1

Bĕl has bowed down, Neḇo is stooping, their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. That which is carried is burdensome, a burden to the weary.

Isaiah 57:12

“Let Me declare your righteousness and your works, for they do not profit you.

Jeremiah 10:11

Say to them this, “The elah that did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

Jeremiah 10:14

Everyone is brutish in knowledge; every smith is put to shame by his idol. For his moulded image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worthless, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they perish.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both brutish and foolish, an instruction of worthlessness is the tree.

Jeremiah 18:15

“But My people have forgotten Me, they have burned incense to what is false, and they have stumbled from their ways, from the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths and not on a highway,

Jeremiah 46:25

יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, has said, “See, I am bringing punishment on Amon of No, and on Pharaoh, and on Mitsrayim, and on their mighty ones, and on their sovereigns, and on Pharaoh and on those trusting in him.

Jeremiah 48:7

“For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures, you shall be captured. And Kemosh shall go forth into exile, his priests and his heads together.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Declare among the nations, and let it be heard. And lift up a banner, let it be heard, and do not conceal it. Say, ‘Baḇel shall be taken, Bĕl shall be put to shame, Meroḏaḵ shall be broken, her images shall be put to shame, her idols shall be broken.’

Ezekiel 6:6

“In all your dwelling places the cities shall be destroyed and the high places deserted, so that your slaughter-places are broken and bear their punishment. And your idols shall be smashed and made to cease, and your sun-pillars cut down, and your works blotted out.

Jonah 2:8

“Those observing false worthlessnesses forsake their own loving-commitment.

Zephaniah 2:11

יהוה shall be awesome to them, for He shall make all the mighty ones of the earth to shrivel, while all the coastlands of the nations bow down to Him, each one from his place.

Acts 14:15

and saying, “Men, why are you doing this? We also are men with the same nature as you, bringing to you the Good News: to turn from these worthless matters to the living Elohim, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that is in them,