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Jeremiah 51:33

American Standard Version

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

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Jeremiah 51:33 in other translations

For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden.
Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.”

Jeremiah 51:33 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 51:33 in context

  1. 31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
  2. 32and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
  3. 33For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
  4. 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
  5. 35The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.