Jeremiah 51:36–37
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51:36Therefore the Lord says,
“I will stand up for your cause.
I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you.80
I will dry up their sea.
I will make their springs run dry.81
51:37Babylon will become a heap of ruins.
Jackals will make their home there.82
It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn,
a place where no one lives.83
Footnotes
- 80 Heb “I will avenge your vengeance [= I will take vengeance for you; the phrase involves a verb and a cognate accusative].” The meaning of the phrase has been spelled out in more readily understandable terms.
- 81 Heb “I will dry up her [Babylon’s] sea and make her fountain dry.” “Their” has been substituted for “her” because “Babylonians” has been inserted in the previous clause and is easier to understand than the personification of Babylon = “her.” The reference to their sea is not clear. Most interpreters understand it to be a figurative reference to the rivers and canals surrounding Babylon. But some feel it refers to the reservoir that the wife of Nebuchadnezzar, Queen Nictoris, had made.
- 82 Heb “a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals.” Compare 9:11.
- 83 Heb “without an inhabitant.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,
and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,
the haunt of jackals,
a horror and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“See, I will defend your cause
and avenge you;
I will dry up her sea
and make her springs dry.
Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
I am about to champion your cause
and take vengeance on your behalf;
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.
Babylon will become a heap of rubble,
a jackals’ den,
a desolation and an object of scorn,
without inhabitant.
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NLTNew Living Translation
This is what the Lord says to Jerusalem:
“I will be your lawyer to plead your case,
and I will avenge you.
I will dry up her river,
as well as her springs,
and Babylon will become a heap of ruins,
haunted by jackals.
She will be an object of horror and contempt,
a place where no one lives.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Therefore thus says Yahweh,
“Look, I am going to contend your case,
and I will avenge your vengeance,
and I will cause her sea to dry up,
and I will cause her fountain to dry up.
And Babylon will become as a heap of stones,
a lair of jackals,
an object of horror, and an object of hissing,
without inhabitants.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will plead thy cause,
And take vengeance for thee;
And I will dry up her sea,
And make her springs dry.
And Babylon shall become heaps,
A dwellingplace for dragons,
An astonishment, and an hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
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