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Thursday, August 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Jeremiah 51:42
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing 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.
Amplified Bible
"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.
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 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
1 This is what the Lord says: "I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia. 2 Foreigners will come and winnow her, blowing her away as chaff. They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble. 3 Don't let the archers put on their armor or draw their bows. Don't spare even her best soldiers! Let her army be completely destroyed. 4 They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slashed to death in her streets. 5 For the Lord of Heaven's Armies has not abandoned Israel and Judah. He is still their God, even though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel." 6 Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don't get trapped in her punishment! It is the Lord 's time for vengeance; he will repay her in full. 7 Babylon has been a gold cup in the Lord 's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, and it drove them all mad. 8 But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed. 9 We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go; abandon her. Return now to your own land. For her punishment reaches to the heavens; it is so great it cannot be measured. 10 The Lord has vindicated us. Come, let us announce in Jerusalem everything the Lord our God has done.
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.
