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Jeremiah 51:58

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58God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks:

“The city walls of Babylon—those massive walls!—

will be flattened.

And those city gates—huge gates!—

will be set on fire.

The harder you work at this empty life,

the less you are.

Nothing comes of ambition like this

but ashes.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

The broad wall of Babylon

shall be leveled to the ground,

and her high gates

shall be burned with fire.

The peoples labor for nothing,

and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled

and her high gates set on fire;

the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing,

the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is what the Lord of Armies says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,

and her high gates set ablaze.

The peoples will have labored for nothing;

the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:

“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,

and her massive gates will be burned.

The builders from many lands have worked in vain,

for their work will be destroyed by fire!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus says Yahweh of hosts:

“The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly demolished,

and her high gates will burn with fire,

and the peoples will labor for nothing,

and the nations for fire,

and they will grow weary.”

KJV 1900King James 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.