Jeremiah 51:30

Jeremiah 51:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
• New International Version (NIV)Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They have remained in their strongholds; Their might has failed, They became like women; They have burned her dwelling places, The bars of her gate are broken.

Context of Jeremiah 51:30

28Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her— The kings of Media, With their governors and commanders, And every land of their dominion. 29The land trembles and writhes [in pain and sorrow], For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants. The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight; They remain in their strongholds. Their strength and power have failed; They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women. Their dwelling places are set on fire; The bars on her gates are broken. 31One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end; 32And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized, And they have set the [great] marshes on fire, And the men of war are terrified.

Jeremiah 51:30 word by word

חָדְלוּ֩ גִבּוֹרֵ֨י בָבֶ֜ל לְהִלָּחֵ֗ם יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ בַּמְּצָד֔וֹת נָשְׁתָ֥ה גְבוּרָתָ֖ם הָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים הִצִּ֥יתוּ מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ בְרִיחֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• have forbornחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• they have remainedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• holdsמְצָדmetsad metsâd metsâdâh · strongholdH4679
• their mightגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• hath failedנָשַׁתnâshath · be dryH5405
• they became as womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• they have burnedיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• her dwellingplacesמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• her barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• are brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:30

• Jeremiah 51:32And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized, And they have set the [great] marshes on fire, And the men of war are terrified.
• Jeremiah 48:41Kerioth [and the cities] has been taken And the strongholds seized; And the hearts of the warriors of Moab in that day Shall be like the heart of a woman in childbirth.
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!
• Psalms 76:5The stouthearted have been stripped of their spoil, They have slept the sleep [of death]; And none of the warriors could use his hands.
• Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt.
• Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
• Nahum 3:13Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes the bars across your gates.
• Revelation 18:10standing a long way off, in fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! In a single hour your judgment has come.’
• Psalms 107:16For He has shattered the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron apart.
• Psalms 147:13For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia], Whose right hand I have held To subdue nations before him, And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them]; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
• Lamentations 2:9Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are [exiled] among the nations; The law is no more. Also, her prophets no longer find Vision from the Lord.
• Amos 1:5I also will break the bar [of the gate] of Damascus, And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness), And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus); And the people of Aram [conquered by the Assyrians] will go into exile to Kir,” Says the Lord.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The mighty men - have forborne to fight - They were panic-struck when they found the Medes and Persians within their walls, and at once saw that resistance was useless.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Have forborn to fight - Or, have ceased to fight: in despair when they saw that the conflict was hopeless. Holds - The word properly means an acropolis, and so any inaccessible place of refuge. They have burned - i. e., the enemy have burned. Bars - i. e., fortifications (compare Amos 1:5).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30The fall of Babylon occurred just as the Lord had planned. The Babylonian soldiers lost their will to fight, and the Persian invaders quickly entered the city.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. forborne to fight--for the city was not taken by force of arms, but by stratagem, according to the counsel given to Cyrus by two eunuchs of Belshazzar who deserted. remained in ... holds--not daring to go forth to fight; many, with Nabonidus, withdrew to the fortified city Borsippa.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:30

• Persia
• War
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Device
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• Bar (2)
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings