Jeremiah 51:13 Parallel Translations

Babylon, you live beside many rivers and are rich with treasures, but your end has come. The thread of your life has been cut off.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.

DBY:

Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

YLT:

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

Jeremiah 51:13 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 45:3 "I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

Isaiah 57:17 "Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was angry, And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart.

Habakkuk 2:9 "Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many {i} waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.
(i) For the land of Chaldea was full of rivers which ran into the Euphrates.

WES:

51:13 Waters - Babylon is said to dwell upon many waters, because the great river Euphrates, did not only run by it, but almost encompass it branching itself into many smaller rivers, which made several parts of the city, islands.

MHC:

51:1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we are, in the greatest depths, at the greatest distances, we are to remember the Lord our God; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes, it is most needful to remember the Lord. The feeling excited by Babylon's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon, Re 18:9,19. The ruin of all who support idolatry, infidelity, and superstition, is needful for the revival of true godliness; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view. The great seat of antichristian tyranny, idolatry, and superstition, the persecutor of true Christians, is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon. Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin, and seek the Lord. Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, and stray no more. And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures.

CONC:

Abundant Covetousness Cut Dishonest Dwell Dweller Dwellest Ended Evil Gain Living-place Measure O Profit Rapacity Rich Stores Thread Treasures Waters Wide

Abundant Covetousness Cut Dishonest Dwell Dweller Dwellest End Ended Evil Gain Great Life Measure Profit Rapacity Rich Stores Thread Time Treasures Waters Wide

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