Isaiah 21:9
Contemporary English Version
9 (A) Now I see column after column
of cavalry troops.”
At once someone shouted,
“Babylon has fallen!
Every idol in the city
lies broken on the ground.”
Jeremiah 51:8
Contemporary English Version
8 But suddenly, Babylon will fall
and be destroyed.
I, the Lord, told the foreigners[a]
who lived there,
“Weep for the city!
Get medicine for its wounds;
maybe they will heal.”
Footnotes
- 51.8 the foreigners: Or “my people.”
Revelation 14:8
Contemporary English Version
8 (A) A second angel followed and said, “The great city of Babylon has fallen! This is the city that made all nations drunk and immoral. Now God is angry, and Babylon has fallen.”
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Isaiah 13:21
Contemporary English Version
21 (A) Only desert creatures,
hoot owls, and ostriches
will live in its ruins,
and goats[a] will leap about.
Footnotes
- 13.21 goats: Or “demons.”
Jeremiah 50:39
Contemporary English Version
39 (A) Never again will people live
in your land—
only desert animals, jackals,[a]
and unclean birds.
Footnotes
- 50.39 jackals: See the note at 9.11.
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