Babylon’s Punishment
Jeremiah 51:49
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
- KJV
- As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.As…: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etcthe earth: or, the country
- WEB
- “As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon.
- ASV
- As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
- LSV
- “As Babylon [has caused the] pierced of Israel to fall, || So they of Babylon have fallen, || You pierced of all the earth.
- YLT
- Even Babylon [is] to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
- DBY
- As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
- DRC
- And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth.
- GNV
- As Babel caused the slaine of Israel to fal, so by Babel the slaine of all the earth did fall.
- JPS
- As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
- LXXE28:49
- and in Babylon the slain men of all the earth shall fall.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- גַּם־בָּבֶ֕ל לִנְפֹּ֖ל חַֽלְלֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל גַּם־לְבָבֶ֥ל נָפְל֖וּ חַֽלְלֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br28:49
- καὶ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι πάσης τῆς γῆς.
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📍 Babylon◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 50:29Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 51:24Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 137:8–9O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
- Jeremiah 51:35May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
- 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,
- James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Jeremiah 50:17–18Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of…
- Jeremiah 51:10–11“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.” Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because…
- Jeremiah 50:33–34This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them. Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His…
- Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
- Revelation 18:5–6For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:49 in some Bibles
- 51:49 in most Bibles