So God said to Noah, “All people have filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
Jeremiah 51:13 - Easy To Read Version Babylon, you live near much water.\par You are rich with treasures.\par But your end as a nation has come.\par It is time for you to be destroyed.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O [Babylon] you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, and the line measuring your life is cut. [Rev. 17:1-6.] American Standard Version (1901) O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness. Common English Bible You live beside a great river, and you are rich in treasures. But your time has come; your cruelty has caught up with you. Catholic Public Domain Version You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction. |
So God said to Noah, “All people have filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
We sat by the rivers in Babylon\par and cried as we remembered Zion. {\cf2\super [628]} \par
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, saves you. And the Lord says, “I will send armies to Babylon for you. Many people will be captured. Those people, the Chaldeans, will be taken away in their own boats. (The Chaldeans are very proud of those boats.)
I will give you the wealth\par that is saved in darkness.\par I will give you those hidden riches.\par I will do this so that you will know\par that I am the Lord.\par I am the God of Israel,\par and I am calling you by name!\par
These people did evil things,\par and it made me angry.\par So, I punished Israel.\par I turned away from him\par because I was angry.\par And Israel left me.\par He went wherever he wanted.\par
Sometimes a bird will hatch an egg\par that it did not lay.\par A person that cheats to get money\par is like that bird.\par When that man’s life is half finished,\par he will lose the money.\par At the end of his life, it will be clear\par that he was a foolish person.”\par
Kill all the young bulls (men) in Babylon.\par Let them be slaughtered. {\cf2\super [411]} \par The time has come for them to be defeated,\par so it will be very bad for them.\par It is time for them to be punished.\par
“Babylon, you are too proud.\par And I am against you.”\par Our Master, the Lord All-Powerful,\par says these things.\par “I am against you,\par and the time has come\par for you to be punished.\par
Sword, kill the horses and chariots of Babylon.\par Sword, kill all the soldiers hired\par from other countries.\par Those soldiers will be\par like frightened women.\par Sword, destroy the treasures of Babylon.\par Those treasures will be taken away.\par
So the Lord says:\par “I will defend you, Judah.\par I will make sure\par that Babylon is punished.\par I will dry up Babylon’s sea.\par And I will make her water springs\par become dry.\par
Our enemies hunted us all the time.\par We could not even go out into the streets.\par Our end came near. Our time was up.\par Our end came!\par
The time is near when all things will end. So keep your minds clear, and control yourselves. This will help you to pray.
Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.
One of the seven angels came and spoke to me. This was one of the angels that had the seven bowls. The angel said, “Come, and I will show you the punishment that will be given to the famous prostitute. {\cf2\super [125]} She is the one sitting over many waters.
Then the angel said to me, “You saw the water where the prostitute {\cf2\super [128]} sits. These waters are the many peoples, the different races, nations, and languages \{in the world\}.
They threw dust on their heads. They cried and were sad. They said loudly: