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Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.

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ASV

And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

KJV

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּפָקַדְתִּ֨יu.fa.kad.Tiand I will visit [judgment]H6485 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
בֵּ֜לbelBelH1078 →
בְּבָבֶ֗לbe.va.Velin BabylonH894 →
וְהֹצֵאתִ֤יve.ho.tze.Tiand I will bring outH3318 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בִּלְעוֹ֙bil.'Oswallowed thing hisH1105 →
מִפִּ֔יוmi.Pivfrom mouth hisH6310 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִנְהֲר֥וּyin.ha.Ruthey will streamH5102 →
אֵלָ֛יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750 →
גּוֹיִ֑םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
חוֹמַ֥תcho.Mat[the] wall ofH2346 →
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylonH894 →
נָפָֽלָה׃na.Fa.lahit will fallH5307 →

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Isaiah 46:1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Isaiah 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”Isaiah 25:11He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.Daniel 5:31and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.Daniel 5:19Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.Daniel 5:26And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.Revelation 18:9–19Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.Isaiah 46:1–2Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.Daniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.Ezra 1:7–8King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.Daniel 3:2–3Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.

About Jeremiah

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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