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Jeremiah 51:8

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

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ASV

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

KJV

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פִּתְאֹ֛םpit.'OmsuddenlyH6597 →
נָפְלָ֥הna.fe.Lahit will fallH5307 →
בָבֶ֖לva.VelBabylonH894 →
וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑רva.ti.sha.Verand it was brokenH7665 →
הֵילִ֣ילוּhei.Li.luwailH3213 →
עָלֶ֗יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
קְח֤וּke.ChugetH3947 →
צֳרִי֙tzo.RibalmH6875 →
לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּle.makh.'o.Vahfor pain itsH4341 →
אוּלַ֖י'u.LaiperhapsH194 →
תֵּרָפֵֽא׃te.ra.Fe'it will be healedH7495 →

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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!”Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.Revelation 14:8Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.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.’Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Revelation 18:17For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distanceDaniel 5:24Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.Nahum 3:19There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?Jeremiah 30:12–15For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.Jeremiah 51:41How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!Ezekiel 27:30–32They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?Revelation 18:17–19For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distanceDaniel 5:31and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

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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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