8Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.


In Context

5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.

6 "Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord 's vengeance; he will pay her what she deserves.

7 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord 's hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.

8 Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

9 " 'We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to his own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the clouds.'

10 " 'The Lord has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord our God has done.'

Jeremiah 51:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, it may be she may be healed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:8Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.