Jeremiah 51:41

Jeremiah 51:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
• New International Version (NIV)“How Sheshak will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! How desolate Babylon will be among the nations!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, how Sheshach is taken! Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!

Context of Jeremiah 51:41

39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD. 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! 42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves. 43Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.

Jeremiah 51:41 word by word

אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Howאֵיךְ'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• Sheshachשֵׁשַׁךְshêshak · BabylonH8347
• has been capturedלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• The praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• has been seizedתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• a horrorשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• has becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:41

• Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
• Daniel 5:1Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
• Jeremiah 49:25How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
• Jeremiah 50:23How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
• Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
• Daniel 2:38Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
• Daniel 4:22you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
• Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
• Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 50:46At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
• Ezekiel 27:35All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41How is Sheshach taken! - Perhaps the city is here called by the name of its idol. The praise of the whole earth - One of the seven wonders of the world; superexcellent for the height, breadth, and compass of its walls, its hanging gardens, the temple of Belus, etc., etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Sheshach - Babylon: see the Jeremiah 51:1 note. Surprised - i. e., seized, captured.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. Sheshach--Babylon (compare Note, see Jr 25:26); called so from the goddess Shach, to whom a five days' festival was kept, during which, as in the Roman Saturnalia, the most unbridled licentiousness was permitted; slaves ruled their masters, and in every house one called Zogan, arrayed in a royal garment, was chosen to rule all the rest. He calls Babylon "Sheshach," to imply that it was during this feast the city was taken [Scaliger].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