Jeremiah 51:41–43
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41–48“Babylon is finished—
the pride of the whole earth is flat on her face.
What a comedown for Babylon,
to end up inglorious in the sewer!
Babylon drowned in chaos,
battered by waves of enemy soldiers.
Her towns stink with decay and rot,
the land empty and bare and sterile.
No one lives in these towns anymore.
Travelers give them a wide berth.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“How Babylon is taken,
the praise of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
The sea has come up on Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Her cities have become a horror,
a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“How Sheshak will be captured,
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate Babylon will be
among the nations!
The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves will cover her.
Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
How Sheshak has been captured,
the praise of the whole earth seized.
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Her cities have become a desolation,
an arid desert,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being even passes through.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“How Babylon is fallen—
great Babylon, praised throughout the earth!
Now she has become an object of horror
among the nations.
The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered by its crashing waves.
Her cities now lie in ruins;
she is a dry wasteland
where no one lives or even passes by.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
How Sheshach is captured,
and the glory of all the earth is seized!
How Babylon has become as an object of horror
among the nations!
The sea has risen over Babylon,
she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
Her cities have become as an object of horror,
a dry land and a wilderness,
a land in which no person lives,
nor does a son of humankind pass through it.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
How is Sheshach taken!
And how is the praise of the whole earth surprised!
How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
The sea is come up upon Babylon:
She is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land, and a wilderness,
A land wherein no man dwelleth,
Neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
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