Jeremiah 51:47

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her whole land will be disgraced, and all her slain will fall within her.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in her midst.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} that I will execute judgment{H6485} upon the graven images{H6456} of Babylon;{H894} and her whole land{H776} shall be confounded;{H954} and all her slain{H2491} shall fall{H5307} in the midst{H8432} of her.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come{H935}{(H8802)}, that I will do judgment{H6485}{(H8804)} upon the graven images{H6456} of Babylon{H894}: and her whole land{H776} shall be confounded{H954}{(H8799)}, and all her slain{H2491} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} in the midst{H8432} of her.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And lo, the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilo, and the whole londe shalbe confounded, yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore beholde, the dayes come, that I will visite the images of Babel, & the whole land shalbe confounded, and all her slayne shal fall in the middes of her.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And lo the tyme commeth that I will visite the images of Babylon, and the whole lande shalbe confounded, yea and her slayne shall lye in the middest of her.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do fall in its midst.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “So the time will certainly come when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her whole land will be put to shame. All her mortally wounded will collapse in her midst.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare among the nations and proclaim it; raise a banner and proclaim it! Do not hide it. Say, 'Babylon has been captured; Bel is put to shame, Marduk is dismayed. Her idols are disgraced, her images shattered.'
  • Isa 46:1-2 : 1 Bel has stooped; Nebo has bowed down. Their idols are placed on animals and livestock. These burdens you carry are heavy, a load for the weary. 2 They collapse and bow down together; they cannot rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity.
  • Jer 51:52 : 52 'Therefore, behold, the days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.'
  • Isa 21:9 : 9 And behold, here comes a chariot of men, with pairs of horsemen. And he answered, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the carved images of her gods are shattered to the ground.'
  • Jer 11:22 : 22 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine.’
  • Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say when He appoints leaders over you, those you taught to be rulers? Will not pain seize you like a woman in labor?
  • Jer 23:34 : 34 As for the prophet, priest, or anyone among the people who says, 'The burden of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.
  • Jer 25:12 : 12 'But when the seventy years are completed,' declares the LORD, 'I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it desolate forever.'
  • Jer 50:12-16 : 12 your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will become the least of the nations—a wilderness, a dry and arid land. 13 Because of the LORD's wrath, she will not be inhabited but will become completely desolate. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. 14 Take your positions around Babylon, all you who draw the bow. Shoot at her! Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD. 15 Raise a shout against her on every side! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen, her walls are torn down. This is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle at harvest time. Because of the oppressing sword, let each one return to his own people, and let every one flee to his own land.
  • Jer 50:35-40 : 35 A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her officials and wise men. 36 A sword is against her diviners, and they will act foolishly. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be shattered. 37 A sword is against her horses and her chariots, and against all the mixed multitude in her midst. They will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be plundered. 38 A drought is upon her waters; they will dry up. For it is a land of idols, and they go mad over terrifying images. 39 Therefore, desert creatures and hyenas will dwell there, and ostriches will inhabit it. It will never again be inhabited or settled from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors, declares the LORD, no one will live there, and no human being will dwell in it.
  • Jer 51:18 : 18 They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
  • Jer 51:24 : 24 Before your eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 51:43 : 43 Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and barren land where no one lives, and through which no man passes.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 51:52-58
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    90%

    52 'Therefore, behold, the days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.'

    53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, from Me destroyers will come against her, declares the Lord.

    54 The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.

    55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste and silencing her loud noise. Her waves roar like mighty waters; the sound of their tumult resounds.

    56 For a destroyer has come against Babylon; her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; He will fully repay.

    57 I will make her officials, wise men, governors, commanders, and warriors drunk, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.

    58 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly demolished, and her high gates burned with fire. The peoples labor in vain; the nations exhaust themselves only to fuel the flames.

  • Jer 51:48-49
    2 verses
    83%

    48 Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, because out of the north destroyers will come against her, declares the Lord.

    49 Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

  • Jer 51:29
    80%

    29 The earth trembles and writhes because the Lord’s plans against Babylon stand firm—to make the land of Babylon a desolate wasteland, without an inhabitant.

  • Jer 51:44-45
    2 verses
    80%

    44 'I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him, and even the wall of Babylon will fall.

    45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the Lord.

  • Jer 50:26-30
    5 verses
    79%

    26 Come against her from the farthest borders; open her granaries. Heap her up like piles of grain and destroy her completely. Let nothing be left of her.

    27 Slaughter all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.

    28 Listen to the voice of those fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

    29 Summon archers against Babylon, all who draw the bow. Encamp around her on every side, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

    30 Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will perish on that day, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 51:24
    79%

    24 Before your eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

  • Jer 51:41
    78%

    41 'How Sheshach has been captured, the glory of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

  • Jer 50:13
    78%

    13 Because of the LORD's wrath, she will not be inhabited but will become completely desolate. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

  • Jer 50:46
    78%

    46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture, the earth will quake, and the outcry will be heard among the nations.

  • Jer 51:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32 The river crossings have been seized, the marshes have been set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.

    33 This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; in a little while her harvest time will come.'

  • Jer 50:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah.

    2 Declare among the nations and proclaim it; raise a banner and proclaim it! Do not hide it. Say, 'Babylon has been captured; Bel is put to shame, Marduk is dismayed. Her idols are disgraced, her images shattered.'

    3 For a nation has come against her from the north; it will make her land desolate. No one will live there—neither man nor beast—all will flee and be gone.

  • Jer 50:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 The sound of battle is in the land—a great destruction.

    23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut down and broken! Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations.

  • Jer 50:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 Raise a shout against her on every side! She has surrendered; her towers have fallen, her walls are torn down. This is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.

    16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle at harvest time. Because of the oppressing sword, let each one return to his own people, and let every one flee to his own land.

  • Jer 51:64
    77%

    64 Then you shall say, 'This is how Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I will bring upon her. Her people will grow weary.' This is the end of Jeremiah's words.

  • Jer 51:6-9
    4 verses
    77%

    6 Flee from Babylon! Save your lives! Do not perish in her punishment, for it is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will repay her what she has done.

    7 Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, intoxicating the whole earth. The nations drank her wine; therefore, they have gone mad.

    8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

    9 We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Leave her, and let each one go to his own land, for her judgment has reached to the heavens and has risen to the skies.

  • Isa 21:9
    77%

    9 And behold, here comes a chariot of men, with pairs of horsemen. And he answered, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the carved images of her gods are shattered to the ground.'

  • Jer 51:36-37
    2 verses
    76%

    36 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Behold, I will defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountains dry.'

    37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals, a horror and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.

  • Jer 51:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 This is what the Lord says: 'Behold, I am stirring up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai.'

    2 I will send strangers against Babylon to scatter her and empty her land, for they will surround her on the day of calamity.

  • Jer 51:4
    76%

    4 The slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those pierced by the sword in her streets.

  • Jer 51:12
    76%

    12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Jer 25:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 This entire land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

    12 'But when the seventy years are completed,' declares the LORD, 'I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it desolate forever.'

  • Mic 1:7
    75%

    7 All her carved images will be broken to pieces, all her earnings will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will destroy. Since she gathered them as wages of a prostitute, they will return to the wages of a prostitute.

  • Jer 50:35
    75%

    35 A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her officials and wise men.

  • Jer 50:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a coalition of great nations from the north. They will line up for battle against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows are like skilled warriors; they will not return empty-handed.

    10 Chaldea will become plunder; all who plunder her will be satisfied,' declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 32:11
    74%

    11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.'

  • Jer 50:38
    74%

    38 A drought is upon her waters; they will dry up. For it is a land of idols, and they go mad over terrifying images.