Jeremiah 51:58
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.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; the people shall labor in vain, and the folk shall be weary.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; The broad{H7342} walls{H2346} of Babylon{H894} shall be utterly{H6209}{(H8771)} broken{H6209}{(H8698)}, and her high{H1364} gates{H8179} shall be burned{H3341}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}; and the people{H5971} shall labour{H3021}{(H8799)} in vain{H7385}, and the folk{H3816} in{H1767} the fire{H784}, and they shall be weary{H3286}{(H8804)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: The thicke wall of Babilon shalbe broken, and hir proude gates shalbe brente vp. And the thinge that the Getiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure, shal come to naught, and be consumed in the fyre.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The thicke wall of Babel shalbe broken, & her hie gates shal be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, & the folke in ye fire, for they shalbe weary.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Moreouer, thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, The thicke wall of Babylon shalbe broken, and her hye gates shalbe burnt vp, & the thyng that the Gentiles & the people haue wrought with great trauayle & labour, shall come to naught, and be consumed in the fire.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon -- The broad one -- is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.
World English Bible (2000)
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Babylon’s thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.”
Referenced Verses
- Jer 51:64 : 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.
- Hab 2:13 : 13 Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?
- Jer 51:44 : 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.
- Jer 50:15 : 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.
- Isa 45:1-2 : 1 This is what the LORD says to His anointed one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have strengthened to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut. 2 I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Isa 65:23 : 23 They will not labor in vain or bear children for sudden disaster, for they are a people blessed by the LORD, they and their offspring with them.
- Jer 51:9 : 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.
- Jer 51:30 : 30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength has failed; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
- Ps 127:1 : 1 Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stay awake in vain.
Similar Verses (AI)
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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 51:52-576 verses79%
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.
- Jer 51:29-335 verses78%
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.
30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength has failed; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
31 One courier runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.
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 51:47-493 verses78%
47 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.
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 51:44-452 verses77%
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.
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14 The entire Chaldean army, under the commander of the guard, tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
- Jer 50:1-22 verses76%
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.'
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23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut down and broken! Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations.
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10 For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.
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30 Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will perish on that day, declares the LORD.
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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 51:1-22 verses75%
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.
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13 Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?
- Jer 51:7-82 verses74%
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.
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2 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.'
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8 The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
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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.
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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.
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37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals, a horror and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
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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 25:11-122 verses74%
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.'
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3 This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
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41 'How Sheshach has been captured, the glory of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
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60 Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that are written against Babylon.
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28 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to give this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will capture it.'
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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.
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8 'Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city; they will capture it and burn it with fire.'
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10 The entire Chaldean army, under the captain of the guard, tore down the walls of Jerusalem that surrounded the city.
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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.'
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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.
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62 Then say, 'O Lord, You have said concerning this place that You will cut it off, so that no one will dwell in it—neither man nor beast—but it will lie desolate forever.'
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35 A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her officials and wise men.
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19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
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1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and all his army, along with all the kingdoms under his dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities, saying: