KJV King James Version
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house.
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Jeremiah 51:51
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
WEB World English Bible
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.
ASV American Standard Version
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah’s house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 51
48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that [is] therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
49 As Babylon [hath caused] the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house.
52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
54 A sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בֹּ֚שְׁנוּH954 · bushbe ashamedכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforשָׁמַ֣עְנוּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearחֶרְפָּ֔הH2781 · cher.pahreproachכִּסְּתָ֥הH3680 · ka.sahto coverכְלִמָּ֖הH3639 · ke.lim.mahshameפָּנֵ֑ינוּH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכִּ֚יH3588 · kiforבָּ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeזָרִ֔יםH2114 · zurbe a strangerעַֽל־H5921 · aluponמִקְדְּשֵׁ֖יH4720 · miq.dashsanctuaryבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוָֽה׃ סH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.Psalm 44:13-16Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.Psalm 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.Psalm 74:3-7Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.Ezekiel 24:21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.Psalm 69:7-13Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.Lamentations 2:15-17All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?Ezekiel 36:30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.Jeremiah 14:3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.Psalm 79:1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.Psalm 74:18-21Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.Ezekiel 7:21-22And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.Daniel 11:31And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.Lamentations 2:20Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, [and] children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?Micah 7:10Then [she that is] mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.Jeremiah 3:22-25Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.Psalm 71:13Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
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