Jeremiah 51:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:9

See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.

Isaiah 47:11

Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.

Isaiah 47:9

But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical arts; nothing will make you well.

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.

Jeremiah 48:31

For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.

Jeremiah 50:2

Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.

Jeremiah 51:41

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

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, be a prophet, and say, These are the words of the Lord: Give a cry, Aha, for the day!

Daniel 5:24

Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.

Daniel 5:31

And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.

Nahum 3:19

Your pain may not be made better; you are wounded to death: all those hearing the news about you will be waving their hands in joy over you: for who has not undergone the weight of your evil-doing again and again?

Revelation 14:8

And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.

Revelation 18:2

And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.