Jeremiah 51:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she can be healed.

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead, procure balm, Virgin daughter Egypt! No use to multiply remedies; for you there is no healing.

Isaiah 21:9

Here he comes— a single chariot, a pair of horses— He calls out and says, ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods are smashed to the ground!’”

Revelation 14:8

A second angel followed, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that made all the nations drink the wine of her licentious passion.”

Revelation 18:2

He cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for demons. She is a cage for every unclean spirit, a cage for every unclean bird, [a cage for every unclean] and disgusting [beast].

Jeremiah 50:2

Proclaim this among the nations, announce it! Announce it, do not hide it, but say: Babylon is captured, Bel put to shame, Marduk terrified; its images are put to shame, its idols shattered.

Jeremiah 48:20

“Moab is put to shame, destroyed.” Wail and cry out, Proclaim it at the Arnon: “Moab is destroyed!”

Nahum 3:19

There is no healing for your hurt, your wound is fatal. All who hear this news of you clap their hands over you; For who has not suffered under your endless malice?

Daniel 5:24

By him was the hand sent, and the writing set down.

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God: Wail: “Alas the day!”

Jeremiah 51:41

How she has been seized, taken captive, the glory of the whole world! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations:

Jeremiah 48:31

And so I wail over Moab, over all Moab I cry, over the people of Kir-heres I moan.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead, no healer there? Why does new flesh not grow over the wound of the daughter of my people?

Isaiah 47:9

Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you Despite your many sorceries and the full power of your spells;

Isaiah 47:11

But upon you shall come an evil you will not be able to charm away; Upon you shall fall a disaster you cannot ward off. Upon you shall suddenly come a ruin you cannot imagine.