Jeremiah 51:41 Cross References - Rotherham

⁴¹ How, hath Sheshach, been captured! How, hath the praise of all the earth, been seized! How, hath Babylon, become an astonishment among the nations!

³⁷ Thus shalt thou become a horror, a byword, and a mockery,––among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God will drive thee.

²¹ and, this house which hath been renowned, all that pass by near it, shall be astonished,––and say, Wherefore hath Yahweh done, thus and thus, to this land, and to this house?

¹⁹ Thus shall Babylon––The most lovely of kingdoms, The majestic beauty of the Chaldees––Become, as in the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.

⁴ that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say:––How, hath ceased, the oppressor! Ceased, the exactress!

²⁶ And all the kings of the North, the near and the far, every man with his brother, and all the kingdoms of the earth, which are on the face of the ground; And, the king of Sheshach, shall drink, after them.

²⁵ Alas! is she not forsaken––The city so praised! The citadel I rejoiced in!

²³ How, is cut and broken, the hammer of all the earth! How hath, Babylon, become an astonishment, among the nations!

⁴⁶ At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth, trembled,––And, the outcry, among the nations, was heard.

³⁷ Thus shall Babylon become–Heaps, A habitation of jackals, An astonishment, and, A hissing, Without inhabitant.

³⁵ All the dwellers in the coastlands, Are astounded over thee,––And, their kings, have been made to shudder a shuddering, To be troubled in countenance.

³⁸ and, wheresoever the sons of men do dwell, the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou, art the head of gold.

²² Thyself, it is, O king, in that thou art grown, and become strong,––and, thy greatness hath grown, and reached to the heavens, and, thy dominion, to the end of the earth.

³⁰ the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,––which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

¹ Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles,––and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine. ² Belshazzar, gave word, at the flavour of the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar his father, had brought forth, out of the temple which was in Jerusalem,––that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein. ³ Then brought they the vessels of gold which had been taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem,––and the king and his nobles, his wives and, his concubines, drank therein: ⁴ they drank wine,––and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone. ⁵ Immediately, came forth the fingers of the hand of a man, and wrote,, over against the chandelier, upon the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king,––and, the king, saw the part of the hand which was writing,

¹⁰ afar off, standing, because of their fear of her torment, saying––Alas! alas! the great city! Babylon, the mighty city! That, in one hour, hath come thy judgment. ¹¹ And, the merchants of the earth, weep and grieve over her, because, their cargo, no one, buyeth any more: ¹² cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every article of ivory, and every article of wood most precious, and of copper, and of iron, and of marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and [cargo] of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and lives of men. ¹⁴ And, the fruit of the coveting of thy soul, hath departed from thee, and, all things rich and bright, have perished from thee; and, no more, in anywise, for them, shall they seek. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things, who were enriched by her, afar off, shall stand, because of their fear of her torment, weeping, and grieving, ¹⁶ as they say––Alas! alas! the great city! She that was arrayed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stone, and pearl,–– ¹⁷ That, in one hour, hath been laid waste, such great wealth as this! And, every pilot, and every passenger, and mariners, and as many as, by the sea, carry on traffic, afar off did stand, ¹⁸ and they cried out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying––What city is like unto the great city? ¹⁹ And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping and grieving, saying––Alas! alas! the great city! Whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by reason of her costliness,––that, in one hour, she hath been laid waste!