‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons, and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
Jeremiah 51:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate for ever. This is the Lord’s declaration. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [O Babylon] they shall not take your cracked stones for a cornerstone, or any stone for foundations, but you shall be waste and desolate forever, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible They will never remove a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you. You will be a wasteland forever, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity," says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord. |
‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons, and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
When the seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it a ruin for ever.
The earth quakes and trembles because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
Her cities have become a desolation, an arid desert, a land where no one lives, where no human being even passes through.