King James Version
Jeremiah 51:8 in the King James Version says “Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.”
Jeremiah 51:8 · KJV
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
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 is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“fallen”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“if so be she may be healed”
H7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure
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