Add parallel Print Page Options

51 “We people of Judah are disgraced.
    We have been insulted.
    We have been shamed.
This is because strangers have gone into
    the holy places of the Lord’s Temple!”

52 The Lord says, “The time is coming
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
Wounded people will cry with pain
    all over that land.
53 Babylon might grow until she touches the sky.
    She might make her cities strong.
    But I will send people to destroy that city,” says the Lord.

Read full chapter

51 “We are disgraced,(A)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”(B)

52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,(C)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.(D)
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens(E)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers(F) against her,”
declares the Lord.

Read full chapter