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Jeremiah 51:29

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

KJV

Et commovebitur terra et conturbabitur, quia evigilabit contra Babylonem cogitatio Domini, ut ponat terram Babylonis desertam et inhabitabilem.

Vulgate

καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον ὅτι ἐπισκέψομαι ἐγὼ ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς εἰς πονηρά·

LXX

And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

ASV

וַ/תִּרְעַ֥שׁ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ וַ/תָּחֹ֑ל כִּ֣י קָ֤מָה עַל בָּבֶל֙ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת יְהוָ֔ה לָ/שׂ֞וּם אֶת אֶ֧רֶץ בָּבֶ֛ל לְ/שַׁמָּ֖ה מֵ/אֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ
yr'shv
verb · 29×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
mchshbvt
noun · 56×
ן
n
verb · 61×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 8:8 — Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
  • Isa 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Isa 13:20 — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
  • Jer 8:16 — The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,
  • Jer 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Jer 50:13 — Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
  • Jer 50:45 — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them
  • Jer 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the
  • Jer 51:12 — Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.