41 “How [a](A)Sheshak has been captured,
And (B)the praise of the whole earth been seized!
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
42 “The [b](C)sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
43 “Her cities have become an (D)object of horror,
A parched land and a desert,
A land in which (E)no man lives
And through which no son of man passes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Cryptic name for Babylon
  2. Jeremiah 51:42 Or broad river

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.