Jeremiah 51:41-43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
41 How Sheshach[a] is taken;
the pride of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
an object of horror among the nations!(A)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.(B)
43 Her cities have become an object of horror,
a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one lives
and through which no mortal passes.(C)
Footnotes
- 51.41 That is, 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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