Jeremiah 51:8

Jeremiah 51:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
• New International Version (NIV)Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.

Context of Jeremiah 51:8

6Flee out of Babylon, Let every one of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He is going to pay her what she has earned. 7Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations have gone mad. Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 9We would have healed Babylon, but she was not to be healed. Abandon her and let each [captive] return to his own country, For her guilt and judgment have reached to heaven And are lifted up to the very skies. 10The Lord has brought about our vindication and has revealed the righteousness of our cause; Come and let us proclaim in Zion The work of the Lord our God!

Jeremiah 51:8 word by word

פִּתְאֹ֛ם נָפְלָ֥ה בָבֶ֖ל וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑ר הֵילִ֣ילוּ עָלֶ֗יהָ קְח֤וּ צֳרִי֙ לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּ אוּלַ֖י תֵּרָפֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• is suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• and destroyedשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• for her; takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• balmצֳרִיtserîy tsŏrîy · balsamH6875
• for her painמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
• if so be she may be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:8

• Jeremiah 51:41“How Sheshak (Babylon) has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and an object of horror among the nations!
• Jeremiah 50:2“Declare among the nations. Lift up a signal [to spread the news]—publish and proclaim it, Do not conceal it; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel [the patron god] has been shamed, Marduk (Bel) has been shattered. Babylon’s images have been shamed, her [worthless] idols have been thrown down.’
• Isaiah 21:9Now look! Here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the carved images of her gods are shattered on the ground.”
• Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall come to you abruptly, in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many [claims of power through your] sorceries, In spite of the great power of your enchantments.
• Revelation 14:8Then another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality [corrupting them with idolatry].”
• Revelation 18:2And he shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen [certainly to be destroyed] is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean and loathsome bird.
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty (All Sufficient One—Invincible God)!
• Ezekiel 27:30And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you And they will cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads; They will wallow in ashes.
• Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
• Daniel 5:24Then the hand was sent from the presence [of the Most High God], and this inscription was written:
• Revelation 18:9“And the kings and political leaders of the earth, who committed immorality and lived luxuriously with her, will weep and beat their chests [in mourning] over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
• Revelation 18:17because in one hour all the vast wealth has been laid waste.’ And every ship captain or navigator, and every passenger and sailor, and all who make their living by the sea, stood a long way off,
• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
• Jeremiah 30:12“For thus says the Lord, ‘Your wound is incurable And your injury is beyond healing.
• Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you use many medicines; For you there is no healing or remedy.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed - These appear to be the words of some of the spectators of Babylon's misery.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Destroyed - literally, broken, as was the hammer Jeremiah 50:23. The cup, though of metal, is thrown down so violently as to be shattered by the fall. Howl for her - The persons addressed are the many inhabitants of Babylon who were dragged from their homes to people its void places, and especially the Israelites. They have dwelt there long enough to feel pity for her, when they contrast her past magnificence with her terrible fall. Compare Jeremiah 29:7.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Jeremiah predicted the fall of the Babylonian Empire. Even though the Lord was delivering justice, people needed to mourn the event.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Her friends and confederates, who behold her fall, are invited to her aid. They reply, her case is incurable, and that they must leave her to her fate. (Is 21:9; Re 14:8; 18:2, 9). balm--(Jr 8:22; 46:11).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Balm
• Device
• Empty
• Hold
• Mount
• 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