Jeremiah 51:64
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And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
In other translations
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
Hebrew words
וְאָמַרְתָּve'amartaand you will sayH559כָּכָהkakhahthusH3602תִּשְׁקַעtishka'it will sinkH8257בָּבֶלbavelBabylonH894וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תָקוּםtakumit will riseH6965מִפְּנֵיmipenei<from> because ofH6440הָרָעָהhara'ahthe calamityH7451אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595מֵבִיאmevi'[am] about to bringH935עָלֶיהָ'aleihaon itH5921וְיָעֵפוּveya'efuand they will grow wearyH3286עַד־'ad-[are] toH5704הֵנָּהhenahhereH2008דִּבְרֵיdivrei[the] words ofH1697יִרְמְיָהוּ׃ סyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 51:58Thus 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.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
- Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
- Nahum 1:8-98 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. 9 Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
- Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
- Psalm 72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
- Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
- Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
- Revelation 14:8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Jeremiah 25:27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 51:42The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
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People: Jeremiah
Places: Babylon