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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!

KJV

Quomodo capta est Sesach, et comprehensa est inclyta universæ terræ ! quomodo facta est in stuporem Babylon inter gentes !

Vulgate

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

ASV

אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַ/תִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְ/שַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּ/גּוֹיִֽם

Hebrew

How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
וֹ
v
noun · 58×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 65×
שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְ
shshk
proper_noun · 2×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

3 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.
  • 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 25:26 — And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
  • Jer 25:26 — And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
  • Jer 49:25 — How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
  • Jer 49:25 — How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!