Jeremiah 51:26

World English Bible (WEB)

They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.

In context

24 “I will give to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.

25 “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says the LORD, “which destroys all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.

26 They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.

27 “Set up a standard in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her! Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz! Appoint a marshal against her! Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts!

28 Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!

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Jeremiah 51:26 in every translation

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.
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.
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.
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.