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Jeremiah 51:41-43
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 51:41-43
Contemporary English Version
41 All nations now praise Babylon,[a]
but when it is captured,
those same nations
will be horrified.
42 Babylon's enemies will rise
like ocean waves
and flood the city.
43 Horrible destruction will strike
the nearby towns.
The land will become
a barren desert,
where no one can live
or even travel.
Footnotes
- 51.41 Babylon: The Hebrew text has “Sheshach,” a secret way of writing the name “Babylon.”
Jeremiah 51:41-43
New International Version
Jeremiah 51:41-43
New International Version
41 “How Sheshak[a](A) will be captured,(B)
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(C) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves(D) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert(E) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.(F)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
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