Jeremiah 50:46 “At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be…”

Jeremiah 50:46

At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

World English Bible

The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard among the nations.

American Standard Version

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.

Geneva Bible 1599

At the noyse of the winning of Babel the earth is moued, and the crye is heard among the nations.

Darby Translation

At the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth hath quaked, and the cry is heard among the nations.

Young's Literal Translation

From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard!

Bible in Basic English

At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.

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Cross references

“At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.”

Jeremiah 49:21 Ezekiel 26:18 Ezekiel 31:16 Revelation 18:9–19 Ezekiel 32:10 Isaiah 14:9

Jeremiah 49:21 · BSB

At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.

Ezekiel 26:18 · BSB

Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consol…

Revelation 18:9–19 · BSB

Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

Ezekiel 32:10 · BSB

I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his li…

Isaiah 14:9 · BSB

Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

45Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

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