Jeremiah 51:26
24 Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
27 “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
- KJV
- And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
- WEB
- They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.
- ASV
- And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
- BLB
- They will not take from you a stone for a corner or a stone for a foundation; but you will be a desolate wasteland forever!” A declaration of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Og fra deg skal ingen ta stein til hjørne eller stein til grunnvoll; men til evige ørkener skal du bli, sier Herren.
- OTB
- Da vil ingen stein bli tatt Fra deg til et minnesmerke, Heller ikke vil du bli reist opp igjen, For jeg vil gjøre Babylon til en ødeleggelse for alltid.»
- B1930
- Og fra dig skal ingen ta sten til hjørne eller sten til grunnvoll; men til evige ørkener skal du bli, sier Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 13:19–22
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Read in contextRevelation 18:20–24
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:12–13
your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:43
Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:40–41
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:8–17
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:23
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Read in context