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Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

KJV

Si ascenderit Babylon in cælum, et firmaverit in excelso robur suum, a me venient vastatores ejus, ait Dominus.

Vulgate

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

ASV

כִּֽי תַעֲלֶ֤ה בָבֶל֙ הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ/כִ֥י תְבַצֵּ֖ר מְר֣וֹם עֻזָּ֑/הּ מֵ/אִתִּ֗/י יָבֹ֧אוּ שֹׁדְדִ֛ים לָ֖/הּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בְּצֻר֖וֹת
btsrvt
verb · 37×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
וֹ
v
noun · 89×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְר֣וֹם
mrvm
noun · 54×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
שֻׁדַּ֖ד
shdd
verb · 58×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Amos 9:2 — Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
  • Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
  • Isa 45:3 — And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
  • Jer 49:16 — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as t
  • Jer 51:25 — Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a bu
  • Jer 51:25 — Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a bu
  • Obad 1:3 — The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
  • Obad 1:4 — Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
  • Ps 139:8 — If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.