Catholic Public Domain Version
"How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? "
— Jeremiah 51:41, Catholic Public Domain Version
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
“How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! ”
“How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!”
““See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!”
“How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?”
“How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!”
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.