Jeremiah 51:41
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 51 connects to 10 cross-references. The oracle against Babylon continues with instructions for Judah's departure: flee out of the midst of Babylon. God's vengeance for Zion's temple is the theme. Jeremiah orders the scroll of Babylon's doom to be tied to a stone and cast …
Other Translations
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!
Cross References
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he …
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the …
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and …
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the …
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, …
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall …