41 How Sheshak[a](A) has been captured,(B)
the praise(C) of the whole earth seized.
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!(D)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;(E)
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a desolation,(F)
an arid desert,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being even passes through.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:41 = Babylon

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.