As for this House, which is so exalted, every one passing by it shall be appalled and say, ‘Why has Adonai done this to this land and to this House?’
Jeremiah 51:41 - Tree of Life Version How has Sheshach been taken, the praise of the whole earth seized? How has Babylon become a horror among the nations! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How Sheshach [Babylon] is taken! And the praise of the whole earth is surprised and seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and a horror among the nations! American Standard Version (1901) How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! Common English Bible How Sheshach has been defeated, the pride of the whole earth taken captive! How Babylon has become a wasteland among the nations! Catholic Public Domain Version How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? |
As for this House, which is so exalted, every one passing by it shall be appalled and say, ‘Why has Adonai done this to this land and to this House?’
So Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of Chaldean pride, will be just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon and say: “How the taskmaster has ceased! The raging oppressor, exacter of gold, has ceased!
all the kings of the north, either far or close to another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And the king of Sheshach will drink after them.”
How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut down and smashed! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
The earth will tremble at the noise of Babylon’s capture. The sound of their outcry will be heard among the nations.
Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling for jackals, a horror and a hissing, uninhabited.
All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed.
Wherever mankind, beasts of the field, and fowls of the heaven dwell, He has given them into your hand, and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
“You will be driven away from people and will dwell with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass over you until you know that the Most High is sovereign over the realm of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.
Immediately the word about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
You will become a horror, a proverb, and a byword—among all the peoples where Adonai will drive you.