Jeremiah 51:41-43
English Standard Version
41 “How (A)Babylon[a] is taken,
(B)the praise of the whole earth (C)seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
42 (D)The sea has come up on Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a horror,
(E)a land of drought and a desert,
(F)a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
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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