Ezekiel 26:14

26:14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, ¹  for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 26:21

26:21 I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 27:36

27:36 The traders among the peoples hiss at you;

you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

Jeremiah 51:63-64

51:63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. ²  51:64 Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments ³  I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”

The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. ⁴ 

Revelation 18:21

18:21 Then ⁵  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force ⁶ 

Babylon the great city will be thrown down ⁷ 

and it will never be found again!

¹ sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c.

² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

³ tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”

⁴ sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁶ tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

⁷ sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.