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 celebrate. Then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up. This is the Lord’s declaration. 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with male goats. How Sheshak has been captured, the praise of the whole earth seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! 42The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves. 43Her cities have become a desolation, an arid desert, a land where no one lives, where no human being even passes through.

Jeremiah 51:41 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• How is Sheshachשֵׁשַׁךְshêshak · BabylonH8347
• takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• and how is the praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• of the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• surprisedתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• how is Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• become an astonishmentשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:41

• Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, both near and far from one another; that is, all the kingdoms of the world throughout the earth. Finally, the king of Sheshak will drink after them.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.
• Jeremiah 49:25How can the city of praise not be abandoned, the town that brings me joy?
• Jeremiah 50:23How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and smashed! 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 like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
• Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon and say: How the oppressor has quieted down, and how the raging has become quiet!
• Daniel 2:38Wherever people live — or wild animals, or birds of the sky — he has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
• Daniel 4:22that tree is you, Your Majesty. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
• Daniel 5:4They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
• Revelation 18:10They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgment has come.
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 50:46At the sound of Babylon’s conquest 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 peoples where the Lord will drive you.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21As for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will say, “Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?”
• Ezekiel 27:35All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands are appalled at 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