Jeremiah 51:51
King James VersionSource notes
“We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house.”
Context
48Then the heaven and the earth, and all that therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
49As Babylon the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
50Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house.
52Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
54A sound of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: