Jeremiah 51:58 — Bible Verse (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.”
Jeremiah 51:58 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:58 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 51:58 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh of Armies says: “The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown. Her high gates will be burned with fire. The peoples will labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they will be weary.””
Jeremiah 51:58 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:58 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Jeremiah 51:58 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:58 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon--The broad one--is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!”
Jeremiah 51:58 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:58 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary. ”
Jeremiah 51:58 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:58 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The thicke wall of Babel shalbe broken, and her hie gates shall be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, and the folke in ye fire, for they shalbe weary.”
Jeremiah 51:58 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:58 in Context — Jeremiah 51
56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 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.
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
What Does Jeremiah 51:58 Mean?
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