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Jeremiah 51:52

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51:52Yes, but the time will certainly come,”110 says the Lord,111

“when I will punish her idols.

Throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.

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Footnotes

  1. 110 Heb “that being so, look, days are approaching.” Here לָכֵן (lakhen) introduces the Lord’s response to the people’s lament (v. 51). It has the force of “yes, but” or “that may be true.” See Judg 11:8 and 486–87 כֵּן 3.d.
  2. 111 Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will execute judgment upon her images,

and through all her land

the wounded shall groan.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when I will punish her idols,

and throughout her land

the wounded will groan.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, look, the days are coming—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

when I will punish her carved images,

and the wounded will groan

throughout her land.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Yes,” says the Lord, “but the time is coming

when I will destroy Babylon’s idols.

The groans of her wounded people

will be heard throughout the land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Therefore look, days are coming,” declares Yahweh,

“and I will punish her images,

and the fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,

That I will do judgment upon her graven images:

And through all her land the wounded shall groan.