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Jeremiah 51:53 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 51 · verse 53 · King James Version
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 51:53 · King James Version
Jeremiah 51:53 in context
51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.
52Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
54A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
55Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthʻôzstrength in various applicationsH5797 →
- spoilersshâdadproperly, to be burlyH7703 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- fortifybâtsarto gather grapesH1219 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- heightmârôwmaltitudeH4791 →
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