Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
Parallel translations
- KJV O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- BSB O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- NKJV O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
- NASB Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.
- NLT O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
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- Rev 18:6Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
- Isa 14:4–24that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”
- Jer 25:12–14“It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation,” says Yahweh, “for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.
- Rev 14:8–11Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”
- Isa 21:1The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
- Isa 47:1–15“Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
- Isa 44:28Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”
- Ps 149:6–9May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
- Jer 50:1The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
- Isa 13:1–22The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
- Zech 2:7‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’
- Rev 18:20“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”
- Rev 17:1–18One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
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