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Jeremiah 51:64

JeremiahBabylon
Judgment

62 and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

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.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
ASV
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.
DARBY
and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.
BLB
and you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon will sink, and she will not rise from the face of the disaster that I am bringing upon her; and they shall be weary.’” Up to here [are] the words of Jeremiah.
ÅB
og du skal si: Slik skal Babel synke og ikke komme opp igjen, for den ulykke som jeg lar komme over det, og avmektige skal de ligge der. Her ender Jeremias' ord.
[^1]: Leb-Kamai, d.e. mine motstanderes hjerte eller midtpunkt, et navn på Babel.
[^2]: Babel. JER 50, 23.
[^3]: d.e. mederkongen.
[^4]: av vin; HSE 7, 5.
[^5]: V. 57; 25, 26. Es. 21, 5. HAB 2, 16. DNL 5, 1 fg.
[^6]: JER 25, 26.
[^7]: fiendenes.
OTB
og si, ‘Slik vil Babylon synke og ikke stige igjen På grunn av katastrofen som jeg bringer over henne,’» Erklærer Herren.
B1930
og du skal si: Således skal Babel synke og ikke komme op igjen, for den ulykke som jeg lar komme over det, og avmektige skal de ligge der. Her ender Jeremias' ord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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  • Jeremiah 51:58

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”

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  • Job 31:40

    then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

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  • Nahum 1:8–9

    But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

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  • Revelation 18:21

    Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

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  • Psalms 72:20

    Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

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  • Habakkuk 2:13

    Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

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  • Jeremiah 51:42

    The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

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  • Revelation 18:2

    And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

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