Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.

New American Standard Bible

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
Wail over her!
Bring balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Suddenly, Babylon fell down and was shattered. Wail for her! Bring balm for her wound, perhaps she will be healed.

A Conservative Version

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed. Wail for her. Take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered!
Wail for her [if you care to]!
Get balm for her [incurable] pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.

Bible in Basic English

Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Babylon fell suddenly, and she will be broken: wail ye for her; take balsam for her pain, perhaps she will be healed.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and she is shattered. Wail over her! Take balm for her wounds, perhaps she may be healed.

Modern King James verseion

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed. Wail for her; take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But suddenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed. Mourn for her; bring plasters for her wounds, if she may peradventure be healed again.

NET Bible

But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Suddenly, hath Babylon fallen and been broken, - Howl ye over her Fetch balsam for her pain, Peradventure she shall be healed!

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

פּתאם פּתאום 
Pith'owm 
Usage: 25

and destroyed
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

ילל 
Yalal 
Usage: 32

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

צרי צרי 
Ts@riy 
Usage: 6

מכאבה מכאוב מכאב 
Mak'ob 
Usage: 16

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

7 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand,
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore, the nations go mad.
8 Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.
9 We tried to heal Babylon,
but she could not be healed.
Abandon her!
Let each of us go to his own land,
for her judgment extends to the sky
and reaches as far as the clouds.



Cross References

Isaiah 21:9

Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen, has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead and get balm,
Virgin Daughter Egypt!
You have multiplied remedies in vain;
there is no healing for you.

Revelation 14:8

A second angel followed, saying: “It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen, who made all nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath.”

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.

Jeremiah 50:2

Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel is put to shame;
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.

Revelation 18:2

He cried in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.

Isaiah 13:6-7

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 47:9

These two things will happen to you
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear people
not come about?


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Jeremiah 30:12-15

For this is what the Lord says:

Your injury is incurable;
your wound most severe.

Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore, I will wail over Moab.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

Jeremiah 51:41

How Sheshach has been captured,
the praise of the whole earth seized.
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!

Ezekiel 27:30-32

They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says:

Wail: Woe for the day!

Daniel 5:24

Therefore, He sent the hand, and this writing was inscribed.

Daniel 5:31

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.

Nahum 3:19

There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?

Revelation 18:8-11

For this reason her plagues will come in one day
death and grief and famine.
She will be burned up with fire,
because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

Revelation 18:17-19

for in a single hour
such fabulous wealth was destroyed!


And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off

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