Jeremiah 51:41

Hebrew	אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל הָאָ֑רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם
ESV	“How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
NIV	“How Sheshach will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! What a horror Babylon will be among the nations!
NLT	“How Babylon is fallen– great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations.
LXX
KJV	How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

^{Jeremiah 51:40 ← Jeremiah 51:41 → Jeremiah 51:42}

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