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Jeremiah 51:7

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Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

Babylon {H894} hath been a golden {H2091} cup {H3563} in the LORD'S {H3068} hand {H3027}, that made all the earth {H776} drunken {H7937}: the nations {H1471} have drunken {H8354} of her wine {H3196}; therefore the nations {H1471} are mad {H1984}.

Bavel was a gold cup in the hands of ADONAI; it made the whole earth drunk - the nations drank her wine; this is why the nations have lost their senses.

Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 14:8 (6 votes)

    And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

  • Revelation 17:4 (5 votes)

    And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

  • Revelation 17:2 (3 votes)

    With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

  • Revelation 18:3 (3 votes)

    For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

  • Daniel 2:32 (3 votes)

    This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

  • Jeremiah 50:38 (2 votes)

    A drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols.

  • Isaiah 14:4 (2 votes)

    ¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!