The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
WEB
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
YLT
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
DBT
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile