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Jeremiah 50:12

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50:12But Babylonia will be put to great shame.

The land where you were born31 will be disgraced.

Indeed,32 Babylonia will become the least important of all nations.

It will become a dry and barren desert.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 Heb “Your mother will be utterly shamed, the one who gave you birth …” The word “mother” and the parallel term “the one who gave you birth” are used metaphorically for the land of Babylonia. For the figure compare the usage in Isa 50:1 (Judah) and Hos 2:2, 5 (2:4, 7 ) and see 52 אֵם 2 and 408 יָלַד Qal.2.c.
  2. 32 Heb “Behold.” For the use of this particle see the translator’s note on .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

your mother shall be utterly shamed,

and she who bore you shall be disgraced.

Behold, she shall be the last of the nations,

a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

your mother will be greatly ashamed;

she who gave you birth will be disgraced.

She will be the least of the nations—

a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

your mother will be utterly humiliated;

she who bore you will be put to shame.

Look! She will lag behind all the nations—

an arid wilderness, a desert.

NLTNew Living Translation

But your homeland will be overwhelmed

with shame and disgrace.

You will become the least of nations—

a wilderness, a dry and desolate land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

your mother will be very ashamed.

She who gave birth to you will be humiliated.

Look, she will be the least of the nations,

a desert, dry land, and wilderness.

KJV 1900King James Version

Your mother shall be sore confounded;

She that bare you shall be ashamed:

Behold, the hindermost of the nations

Shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.