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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Jeremiah 51:42
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The sea has risen over Babylon;she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon;she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Hebrew Names Version
The sea is come up on Bavel; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
The sea is come up on Bavel; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
King James Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
English Standard Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
New American Standard Bible
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
New Century Version
The sea has risen over Babylon; its roaring waves cover her.
The sea has risen over Babylon; its roaring waves cover her.
World English Bible
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
Berean Standard Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
Contemporary English Version
Babylon's enemies will rise like ocean waves and flood the city.
Babylon's enemies will rise like ocean waves and flood the city.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
Darby Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sea will rise over Babylon. Its roaring waves will cover her.
The sea will rise over Babylon. Its roaring waves will cover her.
George Lamsa Translation
The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Good News Translation
The sea has rolled over Babylon and covered it with roaring waves.
The sea has rolled over Babylon and covered it with roaring waves.
Lexham English Bible
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
Literal Translation
The sea has come up over Babylon, she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon, she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, & hath couered her with his greate wawes.
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, & hath couered her with his greate wawes.
American Standard Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Bible in Basic English
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
King James Version (1611)
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sea is risen ouer Babylon, & hath couered her with her great waues.
The sea is risen ouer Babylon, & hath couered her with her great waues.
English Revised Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
Update Bible Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she's covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she's covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
New English Translation
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
New King James Version
The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
New Living Translation
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.
New Life Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been covered with its many big waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been covered with its many big waves.
New Revised Standard
The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.
The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sea is come up over Babylon:she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up over Babylon:she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Revised Standard Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Young's Literal Translation
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Contextual Overview
1Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am going to stir up and put into action [a fury] against Babylon And against the [rebellious] people of Leb-kamai (Chaldea) A destroying wind and hostile spirit; 2And I will send foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate and empty her land; For in the day of destruction They will be against her on every side. 3"Do not let him (the Chaldean defender) who bends his bow bend it, Nor let him rise up in his coat of armor. So do not spare her young men; Devote her entire army to destruction. 4"They shall fall down dead in the land of the Chaldeans, And wounded in her streets." 5For neither Israel nor Judah has been abandoned By his God, the LORD of hosts, Though their land is full of sin and guilt Before the Holy One of Israel. 6Flee out of Babylon, Let every one of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; He is going to pay her what she has earned. 7Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations have gone mad. 8Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 9We would have healed Babylon, but she was not to be healed. Abandon her and let each [captive] return to his own country, For her guilt and judgment have reached to heaven And are lifted up to the very skies. 10The LORD has brought about our vindication and has revealed the righteousness of our cause; Come and let us proclaim in Zion The work of the LORD our God!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 18:4, Psalms 18:16, Psalms 42:7, Psalms 65:7, Psalms 93:3, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Ezekiel 27:26-34, Daniel 9:26, Luke 21:25, Revelation 17:15, Revelation 17:16
Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:23 - make Isaiah 21:1 - the desert Isaiah 29:7 - the multitude Jeremiah 51:64 - Thus shall Ezekiel 26:3 - as the sea Daniel 11:10 - overflow
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon,.... A vast army, comparable to the great sea for the multitude thereof, even the army of the Medes and Persians under Cyrus; so the Targum,
"a king with his armies, which are numerous like the waters of the sea, is come up against Babylon:''
she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof; being surrounded, besieged, surprised, and seized upon by the multitude of soldiers in that army, which poured in upon it unawares. Some think here is a beautiful antithesis, between the inundation of Cyrus's army and the draining of the river Euphrates, by which means he poured in his forces into Babylon.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 51:42. The sea is come up — A multitude of foes have inundated the city.
