Jeremiah 51:64

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:

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.

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

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:58

    Thus 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.

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  • Job 31:40

    Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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  • Nahum 1:8–9

    But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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  • Revelation 18:21

    And 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.

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  • Psalms 72:20

    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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  • Habakkuk 2:13

    Behold, 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?

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  • Jeremiah 51:42

    The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

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  • Revelation 18:2

    And 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.

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