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Jeremiah 51:34

NebuchadnezzarBabylon
Judgment

32 The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

33 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.

36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

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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
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
“He has devoured me, he has crushed me—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he has made me stand [as] an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has vomited me out!
ÅB
Babels konge Nebukadnesar har ett oss, har ødelagt oss, har satt oss bort som et tomt kar, har oppslukt oss som et sjøuhyre, har fylt sin buk med min kostelige mat; han har drevet oss bort.
OTB
«‘Og jeg vil straffe Bel i Babylon, Og jeg vil bringe ut det utskårne bildet av Marduk, og de avgudsdyrkende prestene, Sammen med dem som tilber dem samtidig, At de kan bli dårskap og et fanget bytte.
B1930
Babels konge Nebukadnesar har ett oss, har ødelagt oss, har satt oss bort som et tomt kar, har opslukt oss som et sjøuhyre, har fylt sin buk med min kostelige mat; han har drevet oss bort.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 50:17

    Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:44

    I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.

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  • Job 20:15

    He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

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  • Matthew 23:13

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

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  • Isaiah 24:1–3

    Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

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  • Ezekiel 36:3

    therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

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  • Lamentations 2:16

    All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

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  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

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