Jeremiah 51:13

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“You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.”

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BSBPD

“You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 51:13 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
  2. Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
  3. Isaiah 45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
  4. Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  5. Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
  6. Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
  7. Jeremiah 50:37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
  8. Jeremiah 51:36Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
  9. Lamentations 4:18They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
  10. Ezekiel 7:2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
  11. Daniel 5:26And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
  12. Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
  13. Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  14. Habakkuk 2:8Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
  15. Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
  16. 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
  17. 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
  18. 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
  19. Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
  20. Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
  21. Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
  22. Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
  23. Revelation 18:19Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”

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