Jeremiah 51:8 Cross References

Jeremiah 51:8

8: But now suddenly, Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her, and give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed.

Go up to Gilead to get ointment, O virgin daughter of Egypt! But your many medicines will bring you no healing.

Now at last--look! Here come the chariots and warriors!" Then the watchman said, "Babylon is fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!"

Then another angel followed him through the skies, shouting, "Babylon is fallen--that great city is fallen--because she seduced the nations of the world and made them drink the wine of her passionate immorality."

He gave a mighty shout, "Babylon is fallen--that great city is fallen! She has become the hideout of demons and evil spirits, a nest for filthy buzzards, and a den for dreadful beasts.

"And the reply comes back, `Moab lies in ruins; weep and wail! Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River: Moab has been destroyed!'

This is what the LORD says: "Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back! Raise a signal flag so everyone will know that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.

"This is what the LORD says: Yours is an incurable bruise, a terrible wound.
There is no one to help you or bind up your injury. You are beyond the help of any medicine.
All your allies have left you and do not care about you anymore. I have wounded you cruelly, as though I were your enemy. For your sins are many, and your guilt is great.
Why do you protest your punishment--this wound that has no cure? I have had to punish you because your sins are many and your guilt is great.

Well, those two things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic.

Scream in terror, for the LORD's time has arrived--the time for the Almighty to destroy.
Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Even the strongest hearts melt

And in one single moment all the wealth of the city is gone!" And all the shipowners and captains of the merchant ships and their crews will stand at a distance.
They will weep as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, "Where in all the world is there another city like this?"
And they will throw dust on their heads to show their great sorrow. And they will say, "How terrible, how terrible for the great city! She made us all rich from her great wealth. And now in a single hour it is all gone."

They weep bitterly as they throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
They shave their heads in grief because of you and dress themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you with bitter anguish and deep mourning.
As they wail and mourn, they sing this sad funeral song: `Was there ever such a city as Tyre, now silent at the bottom of the sea?

Therefore, the sorrows of death and mourning and famine will overtake her in a single day. She will be utterly consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty."
And the rulers of the world who took part in her immoral acts and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, "How terrible, how terrible for Babylon, that great city! In one single moment God's judgment came on her."
The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods.

"How Babylon is fallen--great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! The world can scarcely believe its eyes at her fall!

There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear of your destruction will clap their hands for joy. Where can anyone be found who has not suffered from your cruelty?

Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?

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