KJV King James Version
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 51:64
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
WEB World English Bible
and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
ASV American Standard Version
and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.’ Hitherto are words of Jeremiah.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 51
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, [that] thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
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וְאָמַרְתָּ֗H559 · a.marto sayכָּ֠כָהH3602 · ka.khahthusתִּשְׁקַ֨עH8257 · sha.qato sinkבָּבֶ֤לH894 · ba.velBabylonוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתָקוּם֙H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiמִפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָרָעָ֗הH7451 · rabad: harmfulאֲשֶׁ֧רH834 · a.sherwhichאָנֹכִ֛יH595 · a.no.khiIמֵבִ֥יאH935 · boto come (in): comeעָלֶ֖יהָH5921 · aluponוְיָעֵ֑פוּH3286 · ya.aphto faintעַד־H5704 · adtillהֵ֖נָּהH2008 · hen.nahhere/thusדִּבְרֵ֥יH1697 · da.varwordיִרְמְיָֽהוּ׃ סH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiah
Cross-references
Jeremiah 51:58Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.Nahum 1:8-9But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.Psalm 72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.Revelation 14:8And 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.Jeremiah 51:42The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.Habakkuk 2:13Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?Psalm 76:12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the kings of the earth.Jeremiah 25:27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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