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Jeremiah 51:26

No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

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ASV

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

KJV

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִקְח֤וּyik.Chupeople will takeH3947 →
מִמְּךָ֙mi.me.Khafrom youH4480 →
אֶ֣בֶן'E.venstoneH68 →
לְפִנָּ֔הle.fi.Nahfor a cornerH6438 →
וְאֶ֖בֶןve.'E.venand stoneH68 →
לְמֽוֹסָד֑וֹתle.mo.sa.Dotfor foundationsH4146 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שִׁמְמ֥וֹתshi.Motwastes ofH8077 →
עוֹלָ֛םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
תִּֽהְיֶ֖הtih.Yehyou will beH1961 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Isaiah 13:19–22And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.Jeremiah 50:12–13your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.Revelation 18:20–24Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.Jeremiah 51:43Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.Jeremiah 50:40–41As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.Isaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Isaiah 34:8–17For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.Jeremiah 51:29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.Isaiah 25:2Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.Jeremiah 50:32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”Jeremiah 50:39So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.Jeremiah 50:40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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