Those who see you will stare at you, and ponder over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
Jeremiah 51:29 - New Revised Standard Version The land trembles and writhes, for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [I foresee this:] The land trembles and writhes in pain and sorrow, for the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand–to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant. American Standard Version (1901) And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. Common English Bible The earth quakes and trembles because the LORD’s plans against Babylon are fulfilled: to reduce Babylon to a wasteland, with no one left in it. Catholic Public Domain Version And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the land shall be in a commotion and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable. |
Those who see you will stare at you, and ponder over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
The earth staggers like a drunkard, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited, but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled and hiss because of all her wounds.
A sword against the diviners, so that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, so that they may be destroyed!
The king of Babylon heard news of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.
No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, says the Lord.
Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.
and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a den of jackals, an object of horror and of hissing, without inhabitant.
Her cities have become an object of horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one lives, and through which no mortal passes.
The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who live in it.
The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who lives in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?
He called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.