A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
WEB
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
YLT
A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
DBT
The sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile