New International Version (NIV)
19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,
the pride and glory of the Babylonians,13:19 Or Chaldeans
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 13:19
Isaiah 13:19 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the 13:19 The Chaldeans dominated and ruled Babylonia from 625 b.c., until their empire fell in 539 b.c., but they were known as early as 1000 b.c. as an aggressive, tribal people in the southern region of Babylonia. They were highly skilled in both the science of astronomy and the pseudo-science of astrology. They kept meticulous records of celestial motion and correctly calculated the length of a year to within just a few minutes. Babylon, their capital city, was the center of trade and learning in the western part of Asia. The classical literature of the Chaldeans was written in cuneiform, but the common language, both written and spoken in Babylon, was Akkadian that was increasingly influenced by Aramaic.Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
19The city of Babylon is the jewel of kingdoms.
It is the pride and glory of the Babylonians.
But God will destroy it
just as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.