And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken to the ground.
Jeremiah 51:8 - King James 2000 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered (destroyed)! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; if [you do] so she may [possibly] be healed! [Jer. 25:15; Rev. 14:8-10; 16:19; 18:2, 3.] American Standard Version (1901) Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. Common English Bible But suddenly Babylon fell and shattered into pieces. Wail for her! Bring medicine for her pain; perhaps she will recover. Catholic Public Domain Version Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed. |
And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken to the ground.
Therefore shall evil come upon you; you shall not know from where it rises: and mischief shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know.
But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great abundance of your enchantments.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; for you shall not be cured.
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered,
Therefore will I wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Wail, Alas for the day!
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the haunt of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.