Jeremiah 51:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
In context
6 Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
7 Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
9 “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
10 “The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
Jeremiah 51:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- KJV King James Version
- Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- WEB World English Bible
- Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, it may be she may be healed.