Jeremiah 51
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Jeremiah 51:54-59

54A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: 55Because Yhwh hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 56Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for Yhwh God of recompences shall surely requite. 57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Yhwh of Armies. 58Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.12

59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.34

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 51:58 The broad…: or, The walls of broad Babylon. ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 51:58 broken: or, made naked. ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 51:59 with: or, on the behalf of. ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 51:59 quiet…: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain. ↩

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