OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 48

Jeremiah 51:48

Then the heavens and the earth,

and all that is therein,

will sing for joy over Babylon;

for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says the LORD.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 51:48 in context

Jeremiah 51:45–51

“My people, go away from the middle of her,

and each of you save yourselves from the LORD’s fierce anger.

Don’t let your heart faint.

Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land.

For news will come one year,

and after that in another year news will come,

and violence in the land,

ruler against ruler.

Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon;

and her whole land will be confounded.

All her slain will fall in the middle of her.

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Then the heavens and the earth,

and all that is therein,

will sing for joy over Babylon;

for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says the LORD.

“As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,

so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon.

You who have escaped the sword, go!

Don’t stand still!

Remember the LORD from afar,

and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”

“We are confounded

because we have heard reproach.

Confusion has covered our faces,

for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.”

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