Jeremiah 51:8
Suddenly, hath Babylon fallen and been broken,—Howl ye over her Fetch balsam for her pain, Peradventure she shall be healed!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Isaiah 21:9When lo! here was a train of men coming. With horsemen in double rank,—And one began and said, Fallen! fallen! is Babylon, And all the images of her gods, are smashed to the ground!
Jeremiah 8:22Balsam, is there none, in Gilead? Is there no physician, there? Why hath not appeared the healing of the daughter of my people?
Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and fetch balsam, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain, hast thou multiplied remedies, Healing, there is none for thee.
Jeremiah 48:31For this cause over Moab, will I howl, And for all Moab, will I make outcry,—For the men of Kir-heres, must one moan!
Jeremiah 51:41How hath Sheshach, been captured! How hath the praise of all the earth been seized! How hath Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Ezekiel 30:2Son of man Prophesy. and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh,— Howl ye. Alas for the day!
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →