Jeremiah 51:34 - Easy To Read Version

³⁴ “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, destroyed us in the past.\par In the past, Nebuchadnezzar hurt us.\par In the past, he took our people away,\par and we became like an empty jar.\par He took the best we had.\par He was like a giant monster\par that ate everything until it was full.\par He took the best we had\par and threw us away.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ [The inhabitants of Zion say] Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has crushed us, he has made us an empty vessel. Like a monster he has swallowed us up, he has filled his belly with our delicacies; he has rinsed us out and cast us away.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar has eaten us alive; he’s drained us of strength; he’s left us for dead. He’s gobbled us up like a great sea monster; he’s filled his belly with our treasures; and he’s spit us out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ "Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten me up: he hath devoured me: he hath made me as an empty vessel: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon: he hath filled his belly with my delicate meats and he hath cast me out.

Jeremiah 51:34 Tagairtí Cros

Job 20:15

The evil man has swallowed riches.\par But he will vomit them out.\par God will make the evil person\par vomit them out.\par

Psalm 74:13

God, you used your great power,\par to split open the Red Sea.\par

Proverbs 1:12

We will kill that person. We will send that person to the place of death. We will destroy that person and send him to the grave.

Isaiah 34:11

Birds and small animals will own that land. Owls and ravens will live there. That land will be called “Empty Desert.” {\cf2\super [321]}

Isaiah 42:22

But look at the people.\par Other people have defeated them\par and have stolen things from them.\par All the young men are afraid.\par They are locked in the prisons.\par People have taken their money from them.\par And there is no person to save them.\par Other people took their money.\par And there was no person to say,\par “Give it back!”\par

Jeremiah 50:17

“Israel is like a flock of sheep\par that were scattered all over the country.\par Israel is like sheep that were chased away\par by lions.\par The first lion to attack\par was the king of Assyria.\par The last lion to crush his bones\par was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.\par

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever found my people hurt them.\par And those enemies said,\par ‘We did nothing wrong.’\par Those people sinned against the Lord.\par The Lord was their true resting place.\par The Lord was the God\par that their fathers trusted in.\par

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish the false god Bel {\cf2\super [428]} in Babylon.\par I will make him vomit out the people\par that he swallowed.\par The wall around Babylon will fall.\par And other nations will stop coming\par to Babylon.\par

Jeremiah 51:49

“Babylon killed people from Israel.\par Babylon killed people\par from every place on earth.\par So Babylon must fall!\par

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem once was a city full of people.\par But now the city is so deserted!\par Jerusalem was one of the greatest cities\par in the world.\par But now she {\cf2\super [1]} has become like a widow.\par She was once a princess among cities.\par But now she has been made a slave.\par

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies laugh at you.\par They whistle and grind their teeth at you.\par They say,\par “We have swallowed them up!\par This is truly the day we were hoping for.\par We have finally seen this happen.”\par

Ezekiel 36:3

“So speak to the mountains of Israel for me. Tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘The enemy destroyed your cities and attacked you from every direction. They did this so you would belong to the other nations. Then people talked and whispered about you.’”

Hosea 8:8

Israel was destroyed.\par \{Its people are scattered among the\} nations\par like some dish that was thrown away\par because no one wanted it.\par

Amos 8:4

Listen to me!\par You people walk on helpless people.\par You are trying to destroy the poor people of this country.\par

Nahum 2:2

Yes, the Lord changed Jacob’s {\cf2\super [5]} pride.\par He made it like Israel’s pride.\par \{The enemy\} destroyed them\par and ruined their grapevines.\par

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.