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The Destruction of Babylon

Jeremiah 50:27

In 11 translations

BSB
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
KJV
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
WEB
Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
ASV
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
LSV
Slay all her cows, they go down to slaughter, || Woe [is] on them, for their day has come, || The time of their inspection.
YLT
Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe [is] on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.
DBY
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
DRC
Destroy all her valiant men, let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
GNV
Destroy all her bullockes: let them goe downe to the slaughter. Wo vnto them, for their day is come, and the time of their visitation.
JPS
Slay all her bullocks, let them go down to the slaughter; woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
LXXE27:27
Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.

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Original-language editions

WLC
חִרְבוּ֙ כָּל־פָּרֶ֔יהָ יֵרְד֖וּ לַטָּ֑בַח ה֣וֹי עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־בָ֥א יוֹמָ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃
LXX-Br27:27
Ἀναξηράνατε αὐτῆς πάντας τοὺς καρποὺς, καὶ καταβήτωσαν εἰς σφαγήν· οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἥκει ἡ ἡμέρα αὐτῶν, καὶ καιρὸς ἐκδικήσεως αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
  • Isaiah 34:7And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
  • Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  • Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
  • Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  • Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
  • Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
  • Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
  • Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
  • Ezekiel 7:5–7This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster — behold, it is coming! The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come! Doom has come to you, O…
  • Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
  • Lamentations 1:21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
  • Revelation 16:17–19Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!” And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great…
  • Ezekiel 39:17–20And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for…

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