Jeremiah 51:26

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

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24 Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

26 No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

27 “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

28 Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

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Jeremiah 51:26 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
KJV King James Version: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
WEB World English Bible: They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.
ASV American Standard Version: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DBY Darby Translation: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
WBS Webster Bible: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.