Jeremiah 51:47

Jeremiah 51:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
• New International Version (NIV)For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore behold, the days are coming That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon; Her whole land shall be ashamed, And all her slain shall fall in her midst.

Context of Jeremiah 51:47

45Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD. 46Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler. Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her. 48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD. 49“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:47 word by word

לָכֵן֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֔ים וּפָקַדְתִּי֙ עַל־פְּסִילֵ֣י בָבֶ֔ל וְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ תֵּב֑וֹשׁ וְכָל־חֲלָלֶ֖יהָ יִפְּל֥וּ בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• are comingבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• when I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• when I will punishעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the idolsפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• Her entireכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• will suffer shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• her slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• will lie fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• within herתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:47

• Jeremiah 51:52“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
• Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
• Isaiah 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
• Isaiah 46:1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
• Jeremiah 51:18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
• Jeremiah 11:22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
• Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
• Jeremiah 23:34As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
• Jeremiah 25:12But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
• Jeremiah 51:24Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 50:12your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:47

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Therefore - The exiles were to note these things as signs of the approach of God‘s visitation. Confounded - Or, ashamed.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47-48The Lord's punishment of Babylon would make the heavens and earth rejoice because it shows God's justice.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4747. Grotius translates, "Because then (namely, on the third year) the time shall have come that," &c. confounded--at seeing their gods powerless to help them. her slain--in retribution for "Israel's slain" (Jr 51:49) who fell by her hand. Grotius translates, "her dancers," as in Jud 21:21, 23; 1Sa 18:6, the same Hebrew word is translated, alluding to the dancing revelry of the festival during which Cyrus took Babylon.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 51:47

• Idolatry
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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