You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat blike a heifer threshing grain,
And you1 bellow like bulls,
She who bore you shall be ashamed.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be a awilderness,
A dry land and a desert.
She shall not be inhabited,
aBut she shall be wholly desolate.
bEveryone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified
And hiss at all her plagues.
All you who bend the bow;
Shoot at her, spare no arrows,
For she has sinned against the Lord.
She has agiven her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
bHer walls are thrown down;
For cit is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.
And him who handles the sickle at harvest time.
For fear of the oppressing sword
aEveryone shall turn to his own people,
And everyone shall flee to his own land.
bThe lions have driven him away.
First cthe king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this dNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
“Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
As I have punished the king of aAssyria.
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American Standard Version
your mother shall be utterly put to shame; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Amplified® Bible
Your mother [Babylon] shall be put to great shame; she who bore you shall blush {and} be disgraced. Behold, she shall be at the rear of the nations [least of the nations]--a wilderness, waste, and desert.
Contemporary English Version
The city of Babylon was like a mother to you. But it will be disgraced and become nothing but a barren desert.
Darby English Version
Your mother hath been sorely put to shame; she that bore you hath been covered with reproach: behold, [she is become] hindmost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Good News Bible
but your own great city will be humiliated and disgraced. Babylonia will be the least important nation of all; it will become a dry and waterless desert.
King James Version
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
New American Standard Bible
Your mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, {she will be} the least of the nations, A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.
New International Version
your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.
New King James Version
Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;
She who bore you shall be ashamed.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness,
A dry land and a desert.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Your mother will feel great shame, She who gave you birth will feel humiliation Behold, she will become the least of the nations, A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.
Revised Standard Version
your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Lo, she shall be the last of the nations, a wilderness dry and desert.
Young's Literal Translation
Ashamed hath been your mother greatly, Confounded hath she been that bare you, Lo, the hindermost of nations `is' a wilderness, A dry land, and a desert.
New English Translation
But Babylonia will be put to great shame. The land where you were born1 will be disgraced. Indeed,2 Babylonia will become the least important of all nations. It will become a dry and barren desert.
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