Jeremiah 51:52

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.”

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BSBPD

““Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 51:52 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 13:15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
  2. Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
  3. Jeremiah 51:47Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
  4. Ezekiel 30:24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
  5. Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

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