Look, riders come – horsemen in pairs.’ And he answered, saying, ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground.’
Jeremiah 51:47 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, look, the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s carved images. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore behold, the days will come when I will execute judgment and punishment upon the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be confounded and put to shame, and all her slain will fall in the midst of her. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. Common English Bible The time is coming when I will deal with Babylon’s idols; the whole land will be disgraced, and her wounded will fall in her midst. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, behold, the days come, and I will visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. |
Look, riders come – horsemen in pairs.’ And he answered, saying, ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground.’
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.
What will you say when he appoints close friends as leaders over you, ones you yourself trained? Won’t labour pains seize you, as they do a woman in labour?
As for the prophet, priest, or people who say, “The burden of the Lord,” I will punish that man and his household.
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.
Announce to the nations; proclaim and raise up a signal flag; proclaim, and hide nothing. Say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is terrified.’ Her idols are put to shame; her false gods devastated.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
‘Before your very eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
Her cities have become a desolation, an arid desert, a land where no one lives, where no human being even passes through.
Therefore, look, the days are coming – this is the Lord’s declaration – when I will punish her carved images, and the wounded will groan throughout her land.