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Jeremiah 51:41

Bible in Basic English 1965

How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!

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And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;

And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!

At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.

And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.

Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.

It is you, O King, who have become great and strong: for your power is increased and stretching up to heaven, and your rule to the end of the earth.

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.




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