Therefore it is called Babylon, ,, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth.
Isaiah 24:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wasted city of emptiness and confusion is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may enter. American Standard Version (1901) The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Common English Bible The town is in chaos, broken; every house is shut, without entrance. Catholic Public Domain Version The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The city of vanity is broken down: every house is shut up: no man cometh in. |
Therefore it is called Babylon, ,, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth.
Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,
A pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your haven has been destroyed. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. ,
Only desolation remains in the city; its gate has collapsed in ruins.
For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.
For he has humbled those who live in lofty places – an inaccessible city. He brings it down; he brings it down to the ground; he throws it to the dust.
For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
For the palace will be deserted, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places for ever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,
But hail will level the forest, , and the city will sink into the depths.
Eagle owls and herons will possess it, and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there. The Lord will stretch out a measuring line and a plumb line over her for her destruction and chaos.
When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the fighting men saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the city gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.
The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Then the city was breached, and all the warriors fled. They left the city at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way along the route to the Arabah.
One who breaks open the way will advance before them; they will break out, pass through the city gate, and leave by it. Their King will pass through before them, the Lord as their leader.
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.
For the days will come on you when your enemies will build a barricade round you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
They will be killed by the sword , and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles , until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
He called out in a mighty voice: It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen! She has become a home for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast. ,