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Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will be completely wiped out,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They shall not take from you a stone for a corner Nor a stone for a foundation, But you shall be desolate forever,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They will not take from you <i>even</i> a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever,&#8221 declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And they will not take from you <i>even</i> a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They will not take from you <i>even</i> a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be a perpetual desolation,” declares Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They will not take from you [even] a stone for a cornerstone Nor any rock for a foundation, But you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. This is the LORD’s declaration.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your stone blocks won't be reused for cornerstones or foundations, and I promise that forever you will be a desert. I, the LORD, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People won't find any stones in you to use as a cornerstone. They won't find any stones in you to use for a foundation. You will become permanent ruins," declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />None of the stones from your ruins will ever be used again for building. You will be like a desert forever. I, the LORD, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They won't get a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will be a wasteland forever," declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,? declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever," says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, "" And a stone for foundations, "" For you are continuous desolations,” "" A declaration of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, and a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolations forever, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They will not take from you a cornerstone, or a foundation stone; You shall remain ruins forever— oracle of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall not take away from you a stone for the corners and a stone for a foundation, but you shall be for a desert to eternity, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, Nor a stone for foundations; But thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=16106" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Babylon's Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No one</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">shall retrieve</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·mə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from you</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’e·ḇen (N-fs) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">a cornerstone</a> <a href="/hebrew/6438.htm" title="6438: lə·p̄in·nāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- A corner. Feminine of pen; an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4146.htm" title="4146: lə·mō·w·sā·ḏō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- A foundation. Or mocadah; feminine of mowcad; a foundation.">or a foundation</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: wə·’e·ḇen (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">stone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">you will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šim·mō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">desolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11-15</a></span><br />The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. / No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. / Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a></span><br />And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2</a></span><br />Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a></span><br />Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1</a></span><br />This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, said the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">shall not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37,43</a></b></br> And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Jeremiah 50:12,13</a></b></br> Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations <i>shall be</i> a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></b></br> And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Jeremiah 50:40,41</a></b></br> As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour <i>cities</i> thereof, saith the LORD; <i>so</i> shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-17</a></b></br> For <i>it is</i> the day of the LORD'S vengeance, <i>and</i> the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">Revelation 18:20-24</a></b></br> Rejoice over her, <i>thou</i> heaven, and <i>ye</i> holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Angle</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Base</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-4.htm">Building</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Cornerstone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-45.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Desolations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-27.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-48.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-21.htm">Angle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm">Base</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-13.htm">Building</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-4.htm">Cornerstone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Desolations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-44.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">64. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient construction, the cornerstone and foundation stone were critical for the stability and integrity of a building. The absence of these stones implies that Babylon will not be rebuilt or restored. This prophecy aligns with the historical context of Babylon's fall to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC, after which it never regained its former glory. Theologically, this can be seen as a divine judgment against Babylon for its idolatry and oppression of God's people. The imagery of a cornerstone is also significant in the New Testament, where Christ is referred to as the cornerstone (<a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm">Ephesians 2:20</a>), contrasting the eternal kingdom of God with the temporal nature of earthly empires.<p><b>because you will become desolate forever</b><br>The desolation of Babylon is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, symbolizing the ultimate downfall of human pride and rebellion against God. Historically, Babylon's desolation was fulfilled as it gradually declined and became uninhabited. This prophecy serves as a warning to all nations that oppose God's will. The term "forever" emphasizes the permanence of God's judgment. In a broader biblical context, this desolation can be seen as a type of the final judgment, where all that stands against God will be laid waste. The imagery of desolation is also echoed in <a href="/revelation/18.htm">Revelation 18</a>, where Babylon is used symbolically to represent the world system opposed to God, which will ultimately be destroyed.<p><b>declares the LORD</b><br>This phrase underscores the authority and certainty of the prophecy. It is not merely a prediction but a divine decree from the LORD, the covenant name of God, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness to His promises. The use of "declares the LORD" is a common prophetic formula that assures the audience of the truth and reliability of the message. It reflects the biblical theme that God's word is powerful and accomplishes what it intends (<a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>). This declaration also serves as a reminder of God's ultimate control over history and His ability to bring about His purposes, reinforcing the trustworthiness of His promises to His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Jeremiah was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations. His ministry spanned over 40 years during a tumultuous period in Israel's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire that conquered Judah and Jerusalem, leading to the Babylonian exile. In <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Jeremiah 51</a>, Babylon is the subject of God's judgment and is prophesied to become desolate.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through Jeremiah to declare judgment upon Babylon for its sins and oppression of His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cornerstone_and_foundation_stone.htm">Cornerstone and Foundation Stone</a></b><br>Symbolic elements in ancient construction, representing strength, stability, and the beginning of a building. Their absence signifies total destruction and desolation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a></b><br>The state of being empty or destroyed, often used in prophetic literature to describe the result of divine judgment on nations or cities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_is_certain.htm">Divine Judgment is Certain</a></b><br>God's pronouncement against Babylon serves as a reminder that no nation or power is beyond His reach. His justice will prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_pride.htm">The Futility of Human Pride</a></b><br>Babylon's fall illustrates the danger of pride and self-reliance. Nations and individuals must recognize their dependence on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_permanence_of_god's_decrees.htm">The Permanence of God's Decrees</a></b><br>The prophecy that Babylon will become desolate forever highlights the enduring nature of God's word and His sovereign plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_cornerstone.htm">Symbolism of the Cornerstone</a></b><br>In contrast to Babylon's destruction, believers are called to build their lives on the true cornerstone, Jesus Christ, ensuring a foundation that will not be shaken.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>While judgment is pronounced, God's ultimate plan includes restoration and hope for His people, encouraging believers to trust in His redemptive purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_babylon's_reuse_contradict_prophecy.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 states no stone from Babylon will ever be used again, yet evidence suggests later civilizations reused its materials—does this contradict the prophecy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_seek_god.htm">What does it mean to seek God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_easily_destroy_his_nation.htm">Lamentations 2:3 - Why would the Almighty break His own chosen nation's defenses with apparent ease, and does history corroborate this level of destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_judah_resistance_in_daniel_1.htm">Why doesn't Daniel 1 mention any resistance from Judah's religious authorities against the Babylonian cultural assimilation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">They shall not take of thee a stone for a corner.</span>--The prophet uses general language applicable to any city destroyed by fire, without noting the special fact that Babylon was built of bricks.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they shall not take of thee,</span> etc. "Of thee," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "of the Babylonian power" personified - not "of Babylon," which was built of brick, not of stone. The figure of the mountain is still preserved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall retrieve</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקְח֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from you</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמְּךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a cornerstone</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or a foundation</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמֽוֹסָד֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·w·sā·ḏō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4146.htm">Strong's 4146: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foundation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stone,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶ֖בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will become</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(tih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">desolate</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁמְמ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(šim·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> </span><span class="str2">Devastation, astonishment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever,”</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Jeremiah 51:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/51-26.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:26 They shall not take of you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>