Jeremiah 51:49
What does Jeremiah 51:49 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 51:49 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Even Babylon <FI>is<Fi> to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
Context
v.48Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah.
v.49This passage
v.50Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 18:5
for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
- Jeremiah 51:35
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
- Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
- Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
- Judges 1:7
And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- Jeremiah 51:24
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.
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