Jeremiah 51:13 “You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; th…”

Jeremiah 51:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine ende is come, euen the ende of thy couetousnes.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“dwellest”

Revelation 17:1 Revelation 17:15 Jeremiah 51:36

Revelation 17:1 · BSB

Then 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.

Revelation 17:15 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Jeremiah 51:36 · BSB

Therefore 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.

“abundant”

Isaiah 45:3 Jeremiah 50:37 Revelation 18:11–17 Habakkuk 2:5–10

Isaiah 45:3 · BSB

I 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.

Jeremiah 50:37 · BSB

A 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.

Revelation 18:11–17 · BSB

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

Habakkuk 2:5–10 · BSB

and 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 ow…

“thine”

Genesis 6:13 Jeremiah 17:11 Jeremiah 50:27 Jeremiah 50:31 Lamentations 4:18 Ezekiel 7:2–12

Genesis 6:13 · BSB

Then 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.

Jeremiah 17:11 · BSB

Like 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.”

Jeremiah 50:27 · BSB

Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 50:31 · BSB

“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.

Lamentations 4:18 · BSB

They 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!

Ezekiel 7:2–12 · BSB

“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.

“and the”

Luke 12:19–21 2 Peter 2:3 Jude 1:11–13 Revelation 18:19 Habakkuk 2:9–11 2 Peter 2:14

Luke 12:19–21 · BSB

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

2 Peter 2:3 · BSB

In 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.

Jude 1:11–13 · BSB

Woe 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.

Revelation 18:19 · BSB

Then 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.”

Habakkuk 2:9–11 · BSB

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

2 Peter 2:14 · BSB

Their 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.

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

In context

12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

14The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

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