Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Your mother is confounded exceedingly, and she that bore you is made even with the dust: behold she shall be the last among the nations, a wilderness unpassable, and dry. mother Jeremiah 49:2 Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and it shall be destroyed into a heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess them that have possessed him, saith the Lord. Galatians 4:26 But that Jerusalem which is above is free: which is our mother. Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery: Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth. the hindermost Jeremiah 25:26 And all the kings of the north far and near, every one against his brother: and all the kingdoms of the earth, which are upon the face thereof: and the king of Sesac shall drink after them. Isaiah 23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrians founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have, brought it to ruin. a wilderness Jeremiah 50:35-40 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. . . . Jeremiah 25:12 And when the seventy years shall be expired, I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans: and I will make it perpetual desolations. Jeremiah 51:25,26,43,62-64 Behold I come against thee, thou destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. . . . Isaiah 13:20-22 It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there. . . . Isaiah 14:22 And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the offspring, saith the Lord. Revelation 18:21-23 And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at all. . . . Context Babylon's Fall is Certain11Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls. 12Your mother is confounded exceedingly, and she that bore you is made even with the dust: behold she shall be the last among the nations, a wilderness unpassable, and dry.13Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but shall be wholly desolate: every one that shall pass by Babylon, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her plagues.… Cross References Jeremiah 12:14 Thus saith the Lord against all wicked neighbours, that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of them. Jeremiah 15:9 She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 22:6 For thus saith the Lord to the house of the king of Juda: Thou art to me Galaad the head of Libanus: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities not habitable. Jeremiah 51:43 Her cities are become an astonishment, a land uninhabited and desolate, a land wherein none can dwell, nor son of man pass through it. Jeremiah 51:47 Therefore behold the days come, and I will visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. Lexicon your motherאִמְּכֶם֙ (’im·mə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, ) will be greatly מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily ashamed; בּ֤וֹשָׁה (bō·wō·šāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed she who bore you יֽוֹלַדְתְּכֶ֑ם (yō·w·laḏ·tə·ḵem) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage will be disgraced. חָפְרָ֖ה (ḥā·p̄ə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2659: To blush, to be ashamed, disappointed, to shame, reproach Behold, הִנֵּה֙ (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! [she will be] the least אַחֲרִ֣ית (’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 319: The last, end, the future, posterity of the nations, גּוֹיִ֔ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts a wilderness, מִדְבָּ֖ר (miḏ·bār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech a dry land, צִיָּ֥ה (ṣî·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6723: Aridity, a desert and a desert. וַעֲרָבָֽה׃ (wa·‘ă·rā·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6160: Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee Additional Translations your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the last of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 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. Your mother is greatly ashamed; your mother that bore you for prosperity is confounded: she is the last of the nations, desolate, 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. your mother shall be sore ashamed; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Your mother shall be greatly confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 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. 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