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Jeremiah 51:58

This 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.”

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
חֹ֠מוֹתCho.mot[the] walls ofH2346 →
בָּבֶ֤לba.VelBabylonH894 →
הָֽרְחָבָה֙ha.re.cha.Vah<the> broadH7342 →
עַרְעֵ֣ר'ar.'Erutterly <demolish>H6209 →
תִּתְעַרְעָ֔רtit.'ar.'Arit will be demolishedH6209 →
וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haand gates itsH8179 →
הַגְּבֹהִ֖יםha.ge.vo.Him<the> highH1364 →
בָּאֵ֣שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
יִצַּ֑תּוּyi.Tza.tuthey will be kindledH3341 →
וְיִֽגְע֨וּve.yig.'Uand they may laborH3021 →
עַמִּ֧ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971 →
בְּדֵי־be.dei-for [the] sufficiency ofH1767 →
רִ֛יקrikemptinessH7385 →
וּלְאֻמִּ֥יםu.le.'u.Mimand peoplesH3816 →
בְּדֵי־be.dei-for [the] sufficiency ofH1767 →
אֵ֖שׁ'eshfireH784 →
וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ סve.ya.'E.fuand they grow wearyH3286 →

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Isaiah 13:2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?Jeremiah 51:44I 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.Jeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.Jeremiah 51:64Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.Isaiah 45:1–2This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”Jeremiah 51:25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.Jeremiah 51:9“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.Isaiah 65:23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.Ezekiel 24:12It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.Isaiah 47:13You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.Job 12:14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.Jeremiah 51:53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 25:12The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.Isaiah 47:14Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

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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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