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 the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. 7Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

Jeremiah 51:8 word by word

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

• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• wailיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• balmצֳרִיtserîy tsŏrîy · balsamH6875
• painמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
• healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:8

• Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
• Jeremiah 50:2Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.
• Isaiah 21:9and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.
• Isaiah 47:9but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
• Revelation 14:8And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
• Revelation 18:2And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
• Ezekiel 27:30and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
• Ezekiel 30:2Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!
• Daniel 5:24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
• Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,
• Revelation 18:17for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
• Jeremiah 30:12For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.
• Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.

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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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