American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:51
51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah’s house.
Jeremiah 51:51 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
- New International Version (NIV)“We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord’s house.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)'We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
Context of Jeremiah 51:51
49As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land. 50Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah’s house. 52Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan. 53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.
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בֹּ֚שְׁנוּ כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ חֶרְפָּ֔ה כִּסְּתָ֥ה כְלִמָּ֖ה פָּנֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֚י בָּ֣אוּ זָרִ֔ים עַֽל־מִקְדְּשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
- heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
- coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- facesפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
- comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- sanctuariesמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:51
- Jeremiah 3:22Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
- Jeremiah 31:19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
- Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
- Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
- Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
- Ezekiel 36:30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
- Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
- Jeremiah 14:3And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
- Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
- Psalms 69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
- Psalms 71:13Let them be put to shameandconsumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
- Psalms 109:29Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
- Ezekiel 7:18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51Strangers are come into the sanctuaries - The lamentation of the pious Jews for the profanation of the temple by the Chaldeans.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 51Confounded - Or, ashamed. The verse is a statement of the wrong done to the exiles by Babylon, and so leads naturally to Babylon‘s punishment Jeremiah 51:52.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 51The exiled people felt deep shame and disgrace for their past sins. The Babylonians defiled the Lord's Temple when they destroyed it in 586 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5151. The prophet anticipates the Jews' reply; I know you will say in despair, "We are confounded," &c. "Wherefore (God saith to you) behold, I will," &c. (Jr 51:52) [Calvin]. I prefer taking Jr 51:51 as the prayer which the Jews are directed to offer in exile (Jr 51:50), "let Jerusalem come into your mind" (and say in prayer to God), "We are confounded." This view is confirmed by Psa 44:15, 16; 79:4; 102:17-20; Is 62:6, 7. for strangers--The "reproach,"…Read the comment
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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
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