Jeremiah 51:26
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
KJV
et non tollent de te lapidem in angulum, et lapidem in fundamenta : sed perditus in æternum eris, ait Dominus.
Vulgate
διὰ τοῦτο ἀκούσατε λόγον Κυρίου, πᾶς Ἰουδὰ οἱ καθήμενοι ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ Ἰδοὺ ὤμοσα τῷ ὀνόματί μου τῷ μεγάλῳ, εἶπεν Κύριος, ἐὰν γένηται ἔτι ὄνομά μου ἐν τῷ στόματι παντὸς Ἰούδα εἰπεῖν Ζῇ Κύριος, ἐπὶ πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.
LXX
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
ASV
וְ/לֹֽא יִקְח֤וּ מִמְּ/ךָ֙ אֶ֣בֶן לְ/פִנָּ֔ה וְ/אֶ֖בֶן לְ/מֽוֹסָד֑וֹת כִּֽי שִׁמְמ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֛ם תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jer 50:12 — Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- Jer 51:43 — Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
- Rev 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.