Jeremiah 51:52

Jeremiah 51:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
• New International Version (NIV)“But days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will bring judgment on her carved images, And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.

Context of Jeremiah 51:52

50You who have escaped the sword, Go away! Do not stay! Remember the Lord from far away, And let [desolate] Jerusalem come into your mind. 51We are perplexed and ashamed, for we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For foreigners [from Babylon] have come Into the [most] sacred parts of the sanctuary of the Lord [even those places forbidden to all but the appointed priest]. “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When I will judge and punish the idols [of Babylon], And throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.” 53“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, Yet destroyers will come on her from Me,” says the Lord. 54The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon, And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Jeremiah 51:52 word by word

לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וּפָקַדְתִּ֖י עַל־פְּסִילֶ֑יהָ וּבְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ יֶאֱנֹ֥ק חָלָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore, behold, the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• that I will do judgmentפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• upon her graven imagesפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
• and through all her landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the woundedחָלָלchâlâl · slain: woundedH2491
• shall groanאָנַק'ânaq · to groanH602

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:52

• Jeremiah 51:47Therefore behold (listen carefully), the days are coming When I will judge and punish the idols of Babylon; Her whole land will be perplexed and shamed, And all her slain will fall in her midst.
• Jeremiah 50:38A drought on her waters, and they will dry up! For it is a land of [worthless] idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols [those objects of terror in which they foolishly trust].
• Isaiah 13:15Anyone who is found will be pierced through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
• Ezekiel 30:24I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms and he will groan before him (Nebuchadnezzar) with the groanings of a [mortally] wounded man.
• Daniel 5:30During that same night Belshazzar the [last] Chaldean king was slain [by troops of the invading army].

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:52

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52Therefore: The Lord agreed that their past was shameful, but he gave them hope for the future when Babylon's power would be broken.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5252. Wherefore--because of these sighs of the Jews directed to God (Jr 51:21). I ... judgment upon ... images--in opposition to the Babylonian taunt that Jehovah's religion was a thing of naught, since they had burned His temple (Jr 51:51): I will show that, though I have thus visited the Jews neglect of Me, yet those gods of Babylon cannot save themselves, much less their votaries, who shall "through all her land" lie and "groan" with wounds.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:52

• Idolatry
• Persia
• War

In the dictionaries

• Device
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• Ezekiel
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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